Arctic high pressure over the northern Yukon build to 1052 MB on the night of 12/8. This caused windy conditions for Juneau into Saturday 12/10.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS AJK wrote it up.
Arctic high pressure over the northern Yukon build to 1052 MB on the night of 12/8. This caused windy conditions for Juneau into Saturday 12/10. No damage was reported.
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 Dec 7, 3:18 PM AKST, 6 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Southeast Alaska Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Juneau AK
318 PM AKST Wed Dec 7 2016
.SHORT TERM...Band of heavier snows southern extent presently
between Pelican and Sitka, Tenakee and Angoon, and to near Taku
inlet or just south of there while the northern extent is between
Cross Sound and Cape Fairweather. This band will be move west-
northwest through the evening. Heavier snows ending in panhandle
area by midnight, meanwhile it should pass through the Yakutat
between 9 pm and 5 am. Additional snows through the evening in the
2 to 5 inch forecast range. Southern panhandle continues to stay
dry tonight and Thursday. The outflow winds into the gulf across
the southern panhandle increasing to 20 to 30 kt
Northerly gradient intensifying through Thursday afternoon across
Lynn Canal. Expecting winds to increase to Gales by late
afternoon and gusts at Skagway to start reaching near 40 mph.
Started a strong wind headline in the afternoon.
.LONG TERM...Arctic high pressure will remain over NW Canada into
next week. An upper trof will move S through the area late Fri
into Sat, and will help usher in colder air. Did lower temps some
Fri into Sun to handle this. Still looks to remain dry with
mainly a N-NW flow aloft for the weekend and early next week with
strong upper ridge over mainland AK and E Bering Sea.
Main concern other than the cold weather will be winds. N pressure
gradient will build over the area for late week and last into the
weekend. Also, conditions will be somewhat favorable for Taku
winds to set up in the Juneau area Thu night into at least Sat.
Winds could potentially gust to 60 mph or more during this time,
but not enough confidence in strength of cross barrier flow to go
that high yet. Later shifts will need to monitor this. With all
the dry snow laying around, some blowing and drifting snow is
possible over the N, assuming the top layer does not crust up with
Thu afternoon sunshine.
&&
.AVIATION...IFR conditions northern part of panhandle due to snow
and ceilings. VFR Near Yakutat and southern half of the panhandle.
There is some patchy fog possible late overnight, over the
southern panhandle. Yakutat should see a period overnight of IFR
Ceilings and Visibilities as the band passes westward. Strong
winds and possibility for wind shear near terrain.
&&
.MARINE...Small craft winds and seas along the outer coast
continuing through Thursday. Inner channels Generally under 25
kt...with increases during the day tomorrow and Northern Lynn
reaching a north Gale.
&&
.AJK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
PUBLIC...Winter Storm Warning until 9 PM AKST this evening for AKZ019-020-
022-025.
Winter Weather Advisory until 9 PM AKST this evening for AKZ018-
021.
Strong Wind from Thursday morning through Friday afternoon for
AKZ018.
Winter Weather Advisory from 9 PM this evening to 5 AM AKST
Thursday for AKZ017.
MARINE...Gale Warning for PKZ012.
Small Craft Advisory for PKZ011-013-021-022-031>036-041>043-
051>053.
&&
Bezenek/RWT
Visit us at http://www.weather.gov/JuneauPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
955 PM AKST WED DEC 07 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM SNOW THANE 58.26N 134.31W
12/07/2016 M11.0 INCH AK PUBLIC
THANE 11 INCHES ON GROUND.
0200 PM HEAVY SNOW 1 SW JUNEAU 58.29N 134.43W
12/07/2016 M11.0 INCH AK NWS EMPLOYEE
WEST JUNEAU 11 INCHES TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 200 PM
WEDNESDAY
0200 PM HEAVY SNOW LENA LOOP 58.39N 134.77W
12/07/2016 M15.0 INCH AK NWS EMPLOYEE
NWS EMPLOYEE MEASURED A TOTAL OF 15 INCHES ON THE GROUND
FROM LENA POINT AROUND 2 PM WEDNESDAY
0235 PM HEAVY SNOW HOONAH 58.11N 135.44W
12/07/2016 E10.0 INCH AK PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM HOONAH ESTIMATED 8 INCHES TOTAL
SNOWFALL IN TOWN WITH 10 INCHES JUST OUTSIDE TOWN.
0300 PM HEAVY SNOW JUNEAU 58.30N 134.41W
12/07/2016 M8.3 INCH AK CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER MEASURED A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8.3 INCHES AS
OF 3 PM NEAR DOWNTOWN JUNEAU.
0300 PM HEAVY SNOW 2 SW MENDENHALL GLACIER 58.40N 134.59W
12/07/2016 M13.3 INCH AK OFFICIAL NWS OBS
JUNEAU FORECAST OFFICE MEASURED 13.3 INCHES OF TOTAL
SNOWFALL AS OF 3 PM WEDNESDAY.
0315 PM SNOW 15 WNW JUNEAU 58.38N 134.79W
12/07/2016 M15.0 INCH AK PUBLIC
LENA POINT 15 IN ON GROUND.
0400 PM SNOW HOONAH 58.11N 135.44W
12/07/2016 M9.6 INCH AK CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL 9.6 INCHES.
0415 PM SNOW 8 NW JUNEAU 58.38N 134.57W
12/07/2016 M12.0 INCH AK NWS EMPLOYEE
FRONT OF MENDENHALL VALLEY 12 INCHES ON GROUND.
0430 PM SNOW 18 NW JUNEAU 58.48N 134.76W
12/07/2016 M22.0 INCH AK PUBLIC
OUT THE ROAD NEAR SHRINE OF ST. TERESE 22 INCHES ON
GROUND.
0500 PM SNOW PELICAN 57.95N 136.21W
12/07/2016 M31.0 INCH AK CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL 31 INCHES OF SNOW. 6 INCHES BETWEEN 2 PM AND
5 PM.
0630 PM SNOW 10 NW JUNEAU 58.40N 134.61W
12/07/2016 M15.0 INCH AK NWS EMPLOYEE
FRITZ COVE 15 INCHES ON GROUND.
0800 PM SNOW HAINES 59.24N 135.44W
12/07/2016 M8.3 INCH AK CO-OP OBSERVER
8.3 INCHES BETWEEN 8 AM AND 8 PM.
0830 PM SNOW MUD BAY 59.15N 135.37W
12/07/2016 M8.7 INCH AK TRAINED SPOTTER
8.7 INCHES MEASURED IN STORM.
&&
JWA1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
WSO Yakutat measured 6.5 inches of new snow that fell between 2200 Wednesday 12/7 and 0700 12/8. No damage reported.
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