The arctic front persisted over the Central Panhandle on Tuesday, January 23rd. A series of weak Lows over the Southern and Central Gulf of Alaska continued to push warm air over the arctic front.
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The episode as NWS AJK wrote it up.
The arctic front persisted over the Central Panhandle on Tuesday, January 23rd. A series of weak Lows over the Southern and Central Gulf of Alaska continued to push warm air over the arctic front. Upslope conditions enhanced the snow in the Northern Panhandle. Cold air was trapped in the Misty Fjords near Hyder at this time.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Juneau, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 23, 6:00 AM AKST, 0 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION 1100 AM AST TUE JAN 23 2007 .SYNOPSIS... .SHORT RANGE...12Z MODELS LOOK TO BE IN FAIR COMPARISON WITH SATELLITE AND OBSERVATIONS ACROSS THE AREA. LOOKS AS IF INITIAL FRONTAL BAND HAS LIFTED THROUGH THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND SECOND WAVE OF ENERGY WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WARM UP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE PROGRESSING WITH ANGOON NOW SWITCHED OVER TO RAIN...STILL EXPECT TO SEE THE JUNEAU AREA DO THAT AS WELL LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION FOR THE ZONES OF 20 21 AND 25 HAVE TAPERED OFF SO WILL CANCEL THE SNOW ADVISORIES FOR THOSE AREA BEFORE NOON. YAKUTAT AREA STARTING TO MIX WITH RAIN AS WELL NOW...EXCEPT FOR FAR WEST OF THE ZONE WHICH WILL LIKELY STAY SNOW... SO WILL CANCEL SNOW ADVISORY THAT IS OUT THERE AS WELL. TEMPERATURES OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL INNER CHANNEL ZONES TONIGHT STEADY IN THE LOWER 30S OR SLOWLY CLIMBING TO THE NEAR 35 BY MORNING...SO A WILL MAINTAIN A MIX OR ALL SNOW HEADED TO A MIX...DEPENDING ON LOCATION. SOME OF THE LONE EXCEPTIONS TO THE MIX PART WOULD BE NORTHERN GLACIER BAY VALLEYS AND SOME TAKU INLET AREA CANADIAN PASSES...SUSPECT THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SNOW INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE FINALLY CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION TYPE. NORTHERN LYNN CANAL AREA SHOULD STAY ALL SNOW AND EXPECT TO SEE AREA AROUND HAINES ACCUMULATE UP TO ABOUT A FOOT OF SNOW BY EARLY WEDNESDAY BEFORE IT SWITCHES OF A MORE SHOWERY PATTERN. SHOULD SEE A BURST OF WIND ACROSS THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW FINALLY JUMPS FULLY INTO THE YUKON AND ALL OF THE NORTH GRADIENT PASSES OPEN UP. .LONG RANGE...THE UPPER LEVEL LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER THE GULF OF AK IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST ALASKA BY WED NIGHT AS AN UPPER RIDGE REPLACES IT IN THE GULF. ON THU...A DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE ALEUTIANS PUSHES THE RIDGE EASTWARD OVER THE PANHANDLE WHERE IT REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY AND SLOWLY BUILDS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS PATTERN ALOFT ALLOWS A SERIES OF SURFACE LOWS TO DEVELOP IN THE PACIFIC AND MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE ENSEMBLE SPREAD IS GREATEST IN THE WESTERN GULF WITH EACH OF THESE SYSTEMS. FRONTAL SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOWS WILL WEAKEN AS THEY CROSS THE GULF AND DISSIPATE NEAR THE NORTHERN SOUTHEAST ALASKA COAST. PRECIPITATION INCREASES OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF FRI AND THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE ARE EXPECTED FRI NIGHT AND SAT WITH THE FIRST FRONT AND THEN AGAIN ON SUN WITH THE NEXT. SOUTHERN SOUTHEAST ALASKA WILL MAINTAIN LOW PROBABILITIES UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE RIDGE. MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT WINDS WILL BE WEST OF THE AREA WITH THESE LOWS WITH BRIEF MODERATE INCREASES IN THE EASTERN GULF IN THE VICINITY OF THE THE WEAKENING FRONTS. .AJK...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES PUBLIC...HEAVY SNOW WARNING AKZ019 TO 6 AM WED ...SNOW ADVISORY AKZ017-020-021-025 CANCELLED BY NOON TUE ...SNOW ADVISORY AKZ018 TO 6 AM WED MARINE...SML CRFT ADVY PKZ011>013-021-022-032>036-041>043-051>053 BMB/CFD
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Haines Customs CO-OP had 24 hour new snow measured totals of 1/23 Trace, 1/24 9.0 inches, 1/25 2.5 inches. All measurments were made a 0700 AKST. Another spotter in Haines measured 18.0 inches of new snow for 24 hours ending at 0730 1/24, with 24 inches storm total.
The Hyder CO-OP measured 2.5 inches new on 1/23. At 0940 AKST 1/24 Hyder measured 12.2 inches new snow for 24 hours with continued heavy at that time. The 24 hour total on 1/25 was only 2.5 inches.
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