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Winter Storm in Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway, Alaska

Winter Storm December 23, 2019 · Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Snow fell with 8 to 9 inches at the Skagway Customs station on the Klondike Highways. Windy conditions to impact highways with drifting and blowing snow and DOT had trouble keeping the road clear and didn't go all the way to border, essentially closing pass due to weather.

The wider storm

Surface trough moves east with arctic air pulled in. SE flow strengthens trough with local overrunning. Strong moisture transport and lift with approaching warm front leads the way with overrunning snow.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 867597. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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