Heavy Snow — Glacier Bay, Alaska

2021-11-20 to 2021-11-21 · Glacier Bay, Alaska

Event narrative

Over 7.2 inches of snowfall in the last 24 hours in Gustavus.

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 994912. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.