Yesterday's Snow

The NOAA National Weather Service, which gives the best weather forecast for Alaska, had this to say about yesterday's snow. To give you an idea, we live on the south side. Though our area is not listed specifically, we're closest (in altitude) to "O'Malley and New Seward Hwy", although I can't say that it really looks anything like 9.5 inches out there to me.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1220 PM ADT SUN APR 6 2008

...LATE SNOWFALL BREAKS RECORDS IN ANCHORAGE...

AN UNUSUALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL FOR APRIL OCCURRED IN ANCHORAGE. RAIN
CHANGED TO SNOW AROUND 8 AM ADT ON SATURDAY AND DID NOT EASE UP UNTIL
LATE IN THE EVENING. A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW OCCURRED EARLY THIS
MORNING ADDING A FEW MORE INCHES. ON APRIL 5TH THE DAILY SNOWFALL
RECORD OF 2.6 INCHES WAS BROKEN WITH A NEW DAILY RECORD OF 5.5 INCHES
SET AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE ON SAND LAKE ROAD. NEW
DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS...FROM WATER EQUIVALENT...WERE ALSO SET
ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT THE SAME LOCATION.

SNOWFALLS WERE LIGHTEST IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF ANCHORAGE AND
HEAVIEST IN SOUTH ANCHORAGE AND ON THE ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE.

ADDITIONALLY...THE SEASONAL SNOWFALL AS OF 10 AM ADT SUNDAY IS 87.0
INCHES MAKING THIS WINTER THE 13TH SNOWIEST ON RECORD FOR
ANCHORAGE...SO FAR.

SNOWFALLS REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AS OF 1 PM ADT:

GLEN ALPS.....................12.0 INCHES
O'MALLEY AND HILLSIDE DR......12.0   "
UPPER HUFFMAN AND HILLSIDE....12.0   "
O'MALLEY AND NEW SEWARD HWY... 9.5   "
E.66TH AND ELMORE............. 9.2   "
SAND LAKE RD.................. 8.7   "
LAKE HOOD..................... 6.5   "
ELMENDORF AFB................. 4.0   "
EAGLE RIVER................... 4.3   "
GIRDWOOD...................... 4.5   "
WASILLA AIRPORT............... 4.6   "
PALMER AIRPORT................ 2.0   "