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Heavy Snow in Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island, Alaska

Heavy Snow February 3, 2008 · Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

The COOP observer at the Hidden Falls hatchery measured 8.0 inches of new snowfall for 24 hours ending at 1300 on 2/3. Analyses indicated that most of this snow was from 0800 to noon that day.

The wider storm

The arctic front became stationary over southeast Alaska on Saturday and Sunday, 2/3 and 2/4. Warm moist air aloft from the Gulf moved over the front causing heavy snow.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 88573. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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