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Heavy Snow in Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway, Alaska

Heavy Snow February 20, 2020 – February 21, 2020 · Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Skagway DOT reported 6 to 9 inches fell on the Klondike Highway between 8 mile and the border. The highway was closed at 1 PM on the 20th due to whiteout conditions and reopened the next day at noon. Blowing and drifting snow was observed at the pass.

The wider storm

Storm force front moved through the area with widespread strong to high winds, and cold temperatures in the upper elevations for heavy wet snow.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 869691. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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