Snow Amounts

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1112 AM AKST THU DEC 13 2012

...HEAVY SNOW BLANKETS THE FAIRBANKS AREA...
 

A VERY MOIST WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS INTERIOR ALASKA HAS
BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE FAIRBANKS AREA. SINCE THE
SNOW BEGAN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...SNOWFALL TOTALS AROUND TOWN
HAVE RANGED BETWEEN 9 AND 14 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS
NORTH OF FAIRBANKS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH
THE AREA TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE
THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TONIGHT.

THE FAIRBANKS AIRPORT REPORTED 9.5 INCHES OF SNOW YESTERDAY...AND
THIS BREAKS THE DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD FOR DEC 12TH. THE PREVIOUS
RECORD WAS 5.7 INCHES WHICH WAS SET IN 1972.

STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING:

BIRCH HILL.......................13.5 INCHES (THROUGH 9AM)
COLLEGE HILLS....................12.8 INCHES (THROUGH 6AM)
KEYSTONE RIDGE (MURPHY DOME).....12.3 INCHES (THROUGH 6AM)
ESTER............................11.9 INCHES (THROUGH 9AM)
17 MILE CHENA HOT SPRING RD......11.5 INCHES (THROUGH 9AM)
UAF WEST RIDGE...................11.1 INCHES (THROUGH 9AM)
TWO RIVERS.......................10.8 INCHES (THROUGH 6AM)
AURORA...........................10.1 INCHES (THROUGH 6AM)
EIELSON AFB......................10.0 INCHES (THROUGH 9AM)
BADGER ELEMENTARY................9.7 INCHES (THROUGH 6AM)
NORTH POLE (BADGER AND REPP RD)..9.5 INCHES (THROUGH 6AM)
NORTH POLE (WOODSMOKE SUBD)......9.5 INCHES (THROUGH 6AM)