Just as Anchorage is digging out from Saturday’s record snowfall, another big storm has begun.
This storm is expected to deposit 9 to 15 inches of fresh snow on top of the 6 to 10 inches that accumulated Saturday in Anchorage, according to the National Weather Service.
The snow is predicted to get heavy by afternoon, said meteorologist Jason Ahsenmacher.
The 6.2 inches of snowfall measured Saturday at the National Weather Service office on Sand Lake Road topped the prior record of 4.6 inches for April 6, set back in 1949. The Hilltop ski area got an estimated 10 inches.
As of Sunday afternoon, the official Anchorage snowfall this winter measured 84.1 inches, more than a foot above average, Ahsenmacher said.
This storm is expected to center on Anchorage but reach north as far as Talkeetna and south onto the Kenai Peninsula.
http://www.adn.com/2013/04/07/2856184/another-spring-storm-expected.html
Thanks to Clay Olson for this link
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URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE …NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ANCHORAGE…EAGLE RIVER…INDIAN…EKLUTNA… APR 8 2013
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IN EFFECT TO NOON TUESDAY…
* LOCATION…ANCHORAGE BOWL AND HILLSIDE.
* SNOW…TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 9 TO 15 INCHES FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH NOON ON TUESDAY. HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE ALONG THE HILLSIDE.
TIMING…SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY AFTERNOON.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
