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Heavy Snow in Haines Borough and Lynn Canal, Alaska

Heavy Snow December 23, 2020 · Haines Borough and Lynn Canal, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

U.S. Customs at Haines highway border control station reported 14.4 inches of fresh snow at 7 am on December 23rd.

The wider storm

A strong front with damaging southerly winds and a long fetch of moisture moved over SE Alaska on Wednesday the 23rd. A wave formed along the front and caused moisture and winds to last the longest over the southern inner channels and Hyder.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 934530. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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