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| Keywords: Alaska Snow Storm mar 18 2002.jpg en The forecast called for flurries but the snow accumulated on the ground in Anchorage Alaska at the rate of 2 inches per hour 5 cm per hour for much of Saturday March 16 2002 By the time the winter storm passed on Sunday afternoon Anchorage had received 28 6 inches 72 6 cm of snow surpassing by far the previous record of 15 6 inches 39 6 cm set on December 29 1955 Flights were canceled and schools were closed as a result of the storm This true-color image of Alaska was acquired by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor SeaWiFS flying aboard the OrbView-2 satellite on March 18 It appears another large low-pressure system is heading toward the Anchorage region which could bring substantially more snowfall The low-pressure system can be identified by the characteristic spiral pattern of clouds located off Alaska southwestern coast in this scene http //earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php id 9300 Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and ORBIMAGE 2002-03-18 PD-SeaWiFS SeaWiFS images Storms in Alaska | ||||
