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Heavy Snow in Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway, Alaska

Heavy Snow January 28, 2020 – January 29, 2020 · Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Skagway DOT reported 7 inches of snow on the Klondike Highway between 12 mile and White Pass and 6 inches between 3-8 mile. The road was closed due to snow.

The wider storm

Rapidly deepening low pressure system with an occluding front caused high winds with damage over the southern inner channels and outer coast. As it moved northward overrunning heavy snow fell over the northern panhandle. This was the first of two strong storms back to back.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 871955. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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