Heavy Snow — Cape Decision To Salisbury Sound Coastal Area, Alaska

2020-02-23 · Cape Decision To Salisbury Sound Coastal Area, Alaska

Event narrative

Snow began overnight and persisted into the afternoon hours with snow showers moving into Baranof Island. There were multiple reports of heavy snow from spotters with at least 2 of them reporting a total of 11 inches by mid afternoon.

Wider weather episode

A baroclinic low spread overrunning snow and and post frontal showers inland.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 873519. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.