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Heavy Snow in Salisbury Sound To Cape Fairweather Coastal Area, Alaska

Heavy Snow February 1, 2020 – February 2, 2020 · Salisbury Sound To Cape Fairweather Coastal Area, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Pelican COOP observer measured 11.6 inches of snow the morning of February 1st. There is uncertainty in the duration and timing of the snow showers, but they continued after as another 6.2 inches were measured the following morning.

The wider storm

Bands of snow showers rotating around a low in the NW gulf caused snow showers to train over the Pelican area through the 1st. Showers were unstable enough to support thunderstorms along the coast.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 874380. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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