A deep low over the eastern Aleutians in tandem with a strong Siberian high produced string south winds through the interior and Alaska Range while driving a potent front across the Bering and into portions of western Alaska producing locally heavy snowfall.
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The episode as NWS AFG wrote it up.
A deep low over the eastern Aleutians in tandem with a strong Siberian high produced string south winds through the interior and Alaska Range while driving a potent front across the Bering and into portions of western Alaska producing locally heavy snowfall.
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 Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 11, 12:23 PM AKST, 9 hours 37 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong southerly winds blew through Windy Pass reaching a top speed of 72 mph at ACRS2 (Antler Creek) observation tower.
SNOTEL data from the Seward Peninsula at Paragon Creek reported total snowfall of 8 with additional light snow still falling.
Strong gap winds developed through Isabel Pass during the overnight hours with wind speeds near Fort Greely at site OPFA2 peaking at 86 mph during the morning hours.
Strong southerly winds through Isabel Pass emerged into the Delta Junction area with a station MGTA2 at the Fort Greely main gate seeing about an hour of wind gusts near 60 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alaska in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, January 2025
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1236733, 1236749, 1236736, 1236752.