Winter Weather — Central Coast, Washington

2022-12-01 to 2022-12-03 · Central Coast, Washington

Event narrative

A period of wintry weather was experienced along the coast at the beginning of December. Reports on Dec 1 generally averaged around an inch (highest report of 2.1 inches), with an average of less than 1 inch on Dec 2 and Dec 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 1073323. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.