Heavy Snow — Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway, Alaska

2021-11-20 to 2021-11-21 · Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway, Alaska

Event narrative

Alaska Department of Transportation reported difficult driving conditions up the Klondike Highway with 8 to 10 inches of fresh snow.

Wider weather episode

The third storm in a series moved into the gulf of Alaska on the nineteenth and twentieth. Except for the farthest southern areas, temperatures were below or near freezing

across the majority of the panhandle. This system brought abundant moisture into the

panhandle with most of it falling as snow.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 994896. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.