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Heavy Snow in Eastern Chichagof Island, Alaska

Heavy Snow January 30, 2020 · Eastern Chichagof Island, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Hoonah Police measured 8.2 inches of snow at 330PM, snow had ended. This is approximately a 9 hour total.

The wider storm

A low pressure system with a strong front and sharp wind shift to the west caused high winds over the southern panhandle with damage. As it moved northward heavy snow fell over the Juneau to Icy Strait corridor. This was the second of two strong storms back to back.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 872049. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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