Photos: Anchorage area gets its first significant snowfall of the season

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From left, Simon White, Jamie Cookson, Adam Sikorski, and Jenny Jones build a snowwoman at the Delaney Park Strip on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, next to a snowman they built on Saturday during Anchorage's first significant snowfall of the season. (Bill Roth / ADN)

The Anchorage area saw its first significant snowfall Saturday, with totals in the city starting at 5 inches and piling up to over a foot in Eagle River.

Anchorage not only broke records for snowfall and precipitation amounts Saturday, but also tied the 1967 high-temperature record by reaching 45 degrees at around 3 a.m. National Weather Service meteorologist Eric Drewitz said southeast winds blew warm air from the Turnagain Arm into the city early Saturday and caused temperatures to rise. As the winds subsided, temperatures dropped and snow began to fall in quarter-sized flakes.

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