Heavy Snow — Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

2020-01-09 to 2020-01-10 · Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

Event narrative

Reports of 6 inches of snow falling in Meyers Chuck and Saxman.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure caused overrunning snow for portions of the southern panhandle January 9th and 10th. Warm air caused a change over to rain, then back to snow resulting in highly variable accumulations.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 871855. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.