Wrangell Sentinel -

The first snowfall of the year struck last week, blanketing Wrangell in white stuff.

While the poor man’s answer to the eternal question of how much snow could be as simple as looking out the window, authorities in Wrangell have been without specific snowfall data for months. Contracted observers for the National Weather Service collect rain totals at the airport. However, the service relies on a network of volunteer observers to collect snow totals, according to Kimberley Vaughan, an observation program leader and forecaster with the Service’s Juneau office.

Vaughan knows exactly the s...