Heavy Snow — Kings Canyon Np, California

2023-02-27 to 2023-02-28 · Kings Canyon Np, California

Event narrative

The Mitchell Meadow SNOTEL (9900 feet) picked up an estimated 34 inches of new snowfall.

Wider weather episode

Another cold upper trough moved across central California on February 27 and 28 which resulted in another period of widespread precipitation across the area. The snow level was between 3000 and 4000 feet or much of this event which resulted in heavy snowfall for the Sierra Nevada where several SNOTELs picked up an estimated 2 to 3 feet of new snowfall. Below the snow line, much of the San Joaquin Valley picked up between a quarter to a half inch of additional rainfall over already saturated soil while the Sierra foothills picked up between a half inch and an inch of combined liquid precipitation. Several roads in the mountains remained closed as a result of the continued snowfall across the area. The precipitation ended by the morning of March 1 as a colder and drier airmass pushed into central California.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1075809. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.