Winter Storm in Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

Winter Storm March 12, 2021 – March 13, 2021 · Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Trained Spotter 10 N of Ketchikan reports 10 inches of snow. By the end of the storm over 20 inches of snow had fallen sinking 3 boats in the harbor, causing multiple accidents on local roadways and shutting down the city facilities due to snowfall.

The wider storm

A developing low ran north along a deep baroclinic zone into Dixon Entrance. A cold air mass with 850 temperatures of around -10C coupled with northward dry cold air at the surface created a very efficient overrunning event across the southern Panhandle into Saturday.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 951782. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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