Winter Weather — Admiralty Inlet Area, Washington

2022-12-01 to 2022-12-03 · Admiralty Inlet Area, Washington

Event narrative

Observations across the Admiralty Inlet area reported light snow over the first several days of December. Observations Dec 1 and Dec 2 averaged around 1 inch or less, with an observation to the northwest of Port Ludlow reporting around 4 inches on December 3.

Wider weather episode

A period of wintry weather was noted across the Western Washington lowlands at the beginning of December, earlier than what is typically experienced. Snow began at the end of November with several rounds continuing through the first few days of September. While accumulations did not meet winter storm criteria Dec 1-2, widespread heavy snow accumulations were experienced on Dec 3. These conditions were largely due to Fraser outflow in the low levels. with deep upper troughing in the upper levels.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1073321. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.