Storm dumps up to 3 feet of snow as of Sunday afternoon; more than another foot possible by Monday night
- Mark Sabbatini
- Dec 28, 2025
- 2 min read
Forecast at 3 p.m. calls for 9" of snow at airport rest of Sunday, 7" on Monday; closures on Monday include Tlingit and Haida, most non-emergency services at Bartlett hospital
By Mark Sabbatini
Juneau Independent
A weekend snowstorm has dumped up to three feet of snow on some parts of Juneau and the surrounding region as of Sunday afternoon, with more than another foot forecast by Monday night, according to the National Weather Service.
Rain and freezing rain — and thus icy conditions — are expected in areas where temperatures are high enough to prevent continuous snowfall, according to a forecast issued at about 3 p.m. Sunday by the NWS station in Juneau.
Some closures on Monday have already been announced, including non-emergency services at Bartlett Regional Hospital and the offices at the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
Scheduled to be open Monday — on a delayed schedule beginning at 9 a.m. and beyond — are city parks and recreation facilities such as the Dimond Park Field House and Zach Gordon Youth center. Eaglecrest Ski Area, which was closed Sunday since the road to the resort could not be plowed, is scheduled to be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday.
A winter storm warning is in effect for Juneau until 6 a.m. Monday. The forecast issued by NWS Juneau at mid-afternoon on Sunday calls for about nine more inches of snow at Juneau International Airport by midnight and another seven inches of snow on Monday. Snow with occasional periods of rain are forecast at the airport through next Sunday.
Between one and three feet of snow has fallen in the northern part of Southeast Alaska so far this weekend, said Grant Smith, a NWS Juneau meteorologist, in an official YouTube video posted at about the same time as the updated forecast.
"As far as us here at the Weather Service office here in the back of the Valley, we are sitting at about 30 inches of snow and the snow continues to fall," he said.
The heaviest snowfall in the Juneau area was north of Auke Bay. Downtown saw lesser amounts, but some streets and sidewalks were covered with heavy ice due to a mixture of rain and freezing rain that fell much of Sunday.
An atmospheric river causing the regional storm means a flood watch remains in effect overnight for portions of the southern Panhandle, due to rain and warmer temperatures there, Smith said.
"With the extra moisture, along with the gusty winds, we can't rule out isolated landslides," he added,
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