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Heavy Snow in Cape Fairweather To Cape Suckling Coastal Area, Alaska

Heavy Snow March 1, 2020 · Cape Fairweather To Cape Suckling Coastal Area, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Heavy snow fell over Yakutat along with strong wind gusts up to 37 mph and visibility reduced to a mile and a quarter. At 7 am on the 1st, a trained spotter measured 9 inches of snow falling since 7pm on Feb 29th, but had already changed to rain at their location.

The wider storm

Beginning on leap day, a strong front moved onshore with heavy snow and blowing snow for Yakutat and White Pass. As winds shifted to the south, high winds occurred in Skagway through the morning of the 2nd.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 874003. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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