Heavy Snow in Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

Heavy Snow January 3, 2020 · Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Ketchikan area received 5 to 10 inches of snow. COOP north of Ketchikan had rates of 8 inches in 9 hours. Thorne Bay EM estimated 6 inches of snow. Metlakatla Police estimated 8 to 10 inches of snow.

The wider storm

A low moved NE out of the gulf with cold air in place, causing a deformation zone to set up with accumulating snow throughout much of the southern panhandle.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 869316. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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