Heavy Snow in Misty Fjords, Alaska

Heavy Snow March 12, 2021 – March 13, 2021 · Misty Fjords, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Over 7 inches of snow had fallen at the COOP Observer in Hyder with heavy snow falling as of 7 am on Saturday.

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 951785. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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