MCS Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELCwx Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Wow. It wasn't nearly the same magnitude but I saw that seen at my building last winter, with avalanches of snow crashing down outside my office window every few minutes. Ended up to the top of the window so I saw only a white wall for weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snownut Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 cool Cordova site: http://cordovabuzz.com/2012/01/09/cordova-snowpocalypse-2012/# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowwors2 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Amazing! WAY too slow... I say - Get that "Natural" gas flame thrower to blast the snow off that roof... the kids will love it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Very cool thread! And I thought the 2 feet of snow I got on Ground Hog's Day was crippling! Poor people are getting crushed by snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Looks like they get a much needed break from the snow. The snow isn't going anywhere this week though with temperatures firmly below freezing. Big wind storm coming for them early this week. http://pafc.arh.noaa...php?zone=AKZ135 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smith Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Nome AK has been running 29.3 deg below normal so far this month. (LOL) Yakutat located just southeast of Cordova has been running 1 deg above normal. That's some gradient there. Fairbanks is about 17 deg below normal. Valdez reports 98.5 inches of snow so far this month and a slight negative temperature anomaly. Most of that snow fell in about a week up to the 11th. Heard on the local news that heavy snow extends down the inner coast to the end of the AK panhandle, the town of Stewart BC which is a border crossing to Hydar AK is similarly buried in 15-20 feet of snow at present, but if you go further south down the BC coast, snowfall amounts rapidly decrease at inland locations to normal values (Whistler has about its normal amount of powder, the local subalpine ski resorts were somewhat low on natural snow until this past weekend). Near sea level in Vancouver we have had three snowfall events this winter, one in mid-November and the other two this weekend, and a grand total of perhaps 4 inches to show for all that. There is currently one inch on the ground here. That's about average for this location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snownut Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Thanks for the overview. Always fascinating how patterns set up and seem to lock in for a time. Certainly a change is near. Sent from my PC36100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Nome AK has been running 29.3 deg below normal so far this month. (LOL) Yakutat located just southeast of Cordova has been running 1 deg above normal. That's some gradient there. Fairbanks is about 17 deg below normal. Valdez reports 98.5 inches of snow so far this month and a slight negative temperature anomaly. Most of that snow fell in about a week up to the 11th. Heard on the local news that heavy snow extends down the inner coast to the end of the AK panhandle, the town of Stewart BC which is a border crossing to Hydar AK is similarly buried in 15-20 feet of snow at present, but if you go further south down the BC coast, snowfall amounts rapidly decrease at inland locations to normal values (Whistler has about its normal amount of powder, the local subalpine ski resorts were somewhat low on natural snow until this past weekend). Near sea level in Vancouver we have had three snowfall events this winter, one in mid-November and the other two this weekend, and a grand total of perhaps 4 inches to show for all that. There is currently one inch on the ground here. That's about average for this location. That Nome F-6 is insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 For VALDEZ, AK: WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... SNOWFALL (INCHES) YESTERDAY 0.0 11.8 2002 1.9 -1.9 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 98.5 30.4 68.1 1.3 SINCE DEC 1 250.7 102.1 148.6 74.4 SINCE JUL 1 322.1 155.9 166.2 84.3 SNOW DEPTH (IN) 78 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master of Disaster Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I lived in Cordova, AK from 1994-1996. Never ever saw that much snow there. Most storms were ice and the most I think I ever saw there was around 10". Some interesting facts about the place. The road that goes past the airport continues another 40 miles or so before it dead ends at the "Million Dollar Bridge". Called that because it cost a million dollars to build and collapsed during the 1964 Earthquake. It was never rebuilt that I am aware of. There is one grocery store, one hotel, and one bank in town and thats it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Glacier_Bridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I lived in Cordova, AK from 1994-1996. Never ever saw that much snow there. Most storms were ice and the most I think I ever saw there was around 10". Some interesting facts about the place. The road that goes past the airport continues another 40 miles or so before it dead ends at the "Million Dollar Bridge". Called that because it cost a million dollars to build and collapsed during the 1964 Earthquake. It was never rebuilt that I am aware of. There is one grocery store, one hotel, and one bank in town and thats it. http://en.wikipedia...._Glacier_Bridge Yeah I've heard of that bridge before. It says it was repaired in 2004 at a cost of $19 million dollars! It was cheaper to fix the bridge then to let fall completely into the river due to erosive forces. From what I read about it, some people would like to see the road extended to meet up with the rest of the Alaska Highway system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 So the lower 48 is in a snow drought and Alaska is breaking snow records. Lol cant they share? Some great pics from Valdez, AK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 So the lower 48 is in a snow drought and Alaska is breaking snow records. Lol cant they share? Some great pics from Valdez, AK https://www.facebook...99871836&type=1 Yeah really! Thanks for sharing these photo's are great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Geos Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Looks like the meltdown starts in Cordova and SE Coast: SOUTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING...CORDOVA 500 AM AKST THU FEB 2 2012 .TODAY...RAIN. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S. SOUTHEAST WIND 20 TO 25 MPH. .TONIGHT...SNOW AND RAIN. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S. EAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY...RAIN AND SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. NO SNOW ACCUMULATION. HIGHS AROUND 40. NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...SNOW AND RAIN LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE 20S. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S TO MID 30S. EAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. .SATURDAY NIGHT...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. .SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. LOWS 30 TO 35. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS AROUND 40. .MONDAY NIGHT...RAIN LIKELY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. .TUESDAY...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS AROUND 40. .TUESDAY NIGHT...RAIN LIKELY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. .WEDNESDAY...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS AROUND 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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