Fairbanks Juneau Tok Nome Circle Barrow Prudhoe Bay TANANA RIVER LOWER YUKON KOYUKUK RIVER COPPER RIVER COLVILLE RIVER SUSITNA RIVER BARROW ALASKA CENTRAL YUKON NORTON SOUND UPPER YUKON RIVER PORCUPINE RIVER UPPER KUSKOKWIM RIVER NUSHAGAK RIVER LOWER KUSKOKWIM RIVER PRUDHOE BAY CANADA KOBUK- SELAWIK RIVERS EASTERN ARCTIC KVICHAK- PORT HEIDEN WESTERN ARCTIC GULF OF ALASKA NOATAK RIVER- LISBURNE PENINSULA CHANDALAR- CHRISTIAN RIVERS NORTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA NORTHERN SOUTHEAST ALASKA KODIAK- SHELIKOF ALEUTIAN ISLANDS CENTRAL SOUTHEAST ALASKA 0 50 100 150 200 250 25 Miles Alaska SNOTEL Snow Density Prepared by: USDA/NRCS National Water and Climate Center Portland, Oregon http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov Provisional Data Subject to Revision Current Snow Density (%) > 50% 41 - 50% 31 - 40% 26 - 30% 21 - 25% 16 - 20% 11 - 15% < 11% Snow free Unavailable* Nov 01, 2017 2 3 1 4 SOUTHERN SOUTHEAST ALASKA WESTERN COOK INLET Anchorage Seward KNIK ARM KENAI PENINSULA WESTERN COOK INLET PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND Cook Inlet GULF OF ALASKA 1 3 1 SUSITNA RIVER Anchorage * Data unavailable at time of posting or snow depth sensor not available at site Snow depth and snow pillow data are used to calculate density. Automated snow depth measurements are known to occasionally read spuriously large during precipitation events. Snow depth is also difficult to accurately measure at near-snow free conditions; data should be used with caution.

Alaska SNOTEL Snow Density Nov 01, 2017 Barrow ...IN LET Anchorage Seward KNIK ARM KENAI PENINSULA W EST RN COOK INLET PRINCE WILLIAM C SOUND o o k I n l e t GU L F OF ALA SKA 1 3

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Page 1: Alaska SNOTEL Snow Density Nov 01, 2017 Barrow ...IN LET Anchorage Seward KNIK ARM KENAI PENINSULA W EST RN COOK INLET PRINCE WILLIAM C SOUND o o k I n l e t GU L F OF ALA SKA 1 3

Fairbanks

Juneau

Tok

Nome

Circle

Barrow

Prudhoe Bay

TANANA RIVER

LOWER YUKON

KOYUKUK RIVER

COPPER RIVER

COLVILLE RIVER

SUSITNA RIVER

BARROW ALASKA

CENTRAL YUKONNORTON

SOUND

UPPER YUKON RIVER

PORCUPINE RIVER

UPPER KUSKOKWIM

RIVER

NUSHAGAK RIVER

LOWER KUSKOKWIM

RIVER

PRUDHOE BAY

CANADA

KOBUK-SELAWIK RIVERS

EASTERN ARCTIC

KVICHAK-PORT HEIDEN

WESTERN ARCTIC

GULF OF ALASKA

NOATAK RIVER-LISBURNE PENINSULA

CHANDALAR-CHRISTIAN

RIVERS

NORTHERN SEWARD

PENINSULA

NORTHERNSOUTHEAST

ALASKA

KODIAK-SHELIKOF

ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

CENTRALSOUTHEAST

ALASKA

0 50 100 150 200 25025Miles

AlaskaSNOTEL Snow Density

Prepared by:USDA/NRCS National Water and Climate CenterPortland, Oregonhttp://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov

Provisional Data Subject to Revision

Current Snow Density (%)

> 50%41 - 50%31 - 40%26 - 30%21 - 25%16 - 20%11 - 15%< 11%Snow freeUnavailable*

Nov 01, 2017

SOUTHERN SOUTHEAST

ALASKA

WESTERNCOOKINLET

Anchorage

Seward

KNIK ARM

KENAI PENINSULA

WESTERN COOK INLET

PRINCE WILLIAM SOUNDCo

ok In

let

G U L F O F

A L A S K A

SUSITNA RIVER

Anchorage

* Data unavailable at time of posting or snow depth sensor not available at site

Snow depth and snow pillow data are used to calculate density. Automated snow depth measurements are known to occasionally read spuriously large during precipitation events. Snow depth is also difficult to accurately measure at near-snow free conditions; data should be used with caution.