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Powerful Pacific Storm to Continue Impacting Northern California; Heavy Snow in the Appalachians and Portions of the Northeast

A strong atmospheric river will continue to impact northern California with heavy rain and life-threatening flooding through Friday. Unsettled weather is expected across much of the Northeast and Great Lakes over the next few days, including the likelihood of heavy snow in the central Appalachians and higher elevations of northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New York. Read More >


This is an outdated statistic from 2017. Please visit weather.gov/Anchorage for the latest information.

...Fresh snow amounts frosting South-Central Alaska...

The first snow system of 2017 brought fresh snow to much of
South-Central Alaska beginning late Friday afternoon on January
13th. While the heaviest snow amounts were deposited across Prince
William Sound and Valdez...most locations over the Anchorage Bowl
to Eagle River and the Matanuska and Susitna Valleys saw from
four to eleven inches.

With the snow expected to taper off through Saturday...another
snow producer is in the wings to bring more snow for Sunday night
and Monday.

...Snowfall Amounts reported through 2:00 PM...

Location....................................Amounts

NWS Sand Lake...............................4.7 inches
South Anchorage.............................5.9 inches
East Anchorage..............................6.0 inches
Anchorage Hillside..........................6.0 inches
Eagle River (Central).......................8.5 inches
Eagle River (Higher Elevations)............11.0 inches
Chugiak.....................................7.0 inches
Palmer (Parks Hwy)..........................4.6 inches
Palmer (Airport)............................6.0 inches
Willow (Southeast)..........................4.2 inches
Talkeetna (South)...........................4.1 inches
Talkeetna (Airport).........................5.0 inches
Chulitna River (Ermine Hill Trail)..........6.0 inches
Valdez (Town).............................18-24 inches

 

For a graphical representation of snowfall amounts across Southcentral Alaska, please click here