Heavy Snow — Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

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

Event narrative

Social media post showed an estimated 12 inches of snow in Thorne Bay over the previous 24 hours. Included drifting snow that made it difficult to measure.

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 871856. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.