Heavy snowfall made visibility and travel tricky on March 5, 2022.
© Anne Raup/ADNHeavy snowfall made visibility and travel tricky on March 5, 2022.
A storm moving through Southcentral Alaska dropped up to a foot of snow in some parts of the Anchorage area.

An intensifying storm system just south of the Kenai Peninsula caused National Weather Service forecasters to upgrade a winter weather advisory to a winter storm warning in effect until 1 a.m. Sunday.

The snowfall had largely stopped by 9 p.m., and the 11.8 inches of snow tallied by that point made Saturday the 13th snowiest day on record for Anchorage, according to the National Weather Service.



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Snow totals reported around Anchorage by 9 p.m. ranged from about 4 inches to about a foot.

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Matthew Fazal, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Anchorage, said conditions were expected to improve by Sunday morning with clear skies and temperatures in the low 30s.

Saturday temperatures in the low 30s will drop overnight to lows in the teens, Fazal said.