Heavy Snow — Copper River Basin, Alaska

2021-01-16 to 2021-01-19 · Copper River Basin, Alaska

Event narrative

AK DOT at Ernestine Camp reported 16 inches of snowfall and widespread difficult driving conditions.

Wider weather episode

A very active winter weather pattern from January 16 to 18, 2021 brought impactful winter weather to much of Southern Alaska. Blizzard, High Wind, and Winter Storm Warnings were posted over a 1000 mile area from the tip of the Alaska Peninsula to the Canadian Border. This included a Blizzard Warning for the Alaska Peninsula, the first for that area since December 2019.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 932168. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.