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Heavy Snow in Northwest Blue Mountains, Washington

Heavy Snow February 5, 2023 – February 6, 2023 · Northwest Blue Mountains, Washington

What the National Weather Service wrote

The SNOTEL site TOHW1(Touchet) recorded 12 inches over a 24 hour period ending at 0000 on Feb 6th.

The wider storm

A negatively tilted upper-level trough and cold frontal boundary brought periods of heavy snow to the eastern Mountains followed by a period of favorable up-slope flow later on Feb 5th into the 6th once the trough axis passed over the CWA.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1083538. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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