Heavy Snow in Lower Columbia Basin, Oregon

Heavy Snow December 4, 2022 – December 5, 2022 · Lower Columbia Basin, Oregon

What the National Weather Service wrote

A trained spotter 5 miles west southwest of Plymouth, Or measured 4 inches of new snow at 1946 PST on Dec. 4th. A Co-Op observer 1 mile north northwest of Hermiston, Or measured 5 inches of new snow in a 24 hour period ending at 0755 PST on Dec. 5th.

The wider storm

A series of deformation bands aided by a closed upper low off the southwest Oregon coastline resulted in light to moderate snowfall through much of the day Dec. 4th and through the morning on Dec. 5th. The prolonged snowfall resulted in heavy snow accumulations across the Lower Columbia Basin, portions of the eastern Columbia River Gorge, the Blue Mountain Foothills, and in the Yakima valley.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1072028. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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