Heavy Snow in Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

Heavy Snow January 9, 2020 – January 10, 2020 · Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

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 871856. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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