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Heavy Snow in Oak Creek and Sycamore Canyons, Arizona

Heavy Snow February 23, 2022 · Oak Creek and Sycamore Canyons, Arizona

What the National Weather Service wrote

Around 4 inches of snow fell across the Sedona area and 6 inches at Slide Rock State Park.

The wider storm

A large trough of low pressure brought increasing moisture off from off the eastern Pacific marine layer over central Arizona. This brought extensive upslope snow shower activity coverage, especially along and White Mountains. The trough brought very cold air across Arizona (down to -12C at 700 mb) with saturation to at least 500 mb. This made for a very efficient snow process with significant, widespread accumulations.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1010862. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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