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Heavy Snow in Cascades of Whatcom and Skagit Counties, Washington

Heavy Snow March 2, 2023 – March 3, 2023 · Cascades of Whatcom and Skagit Counties, Washington

What the National Weather Service wrote

Observations show that moderate snow started to fall late March 2nd around 7-9pm into the mid-morning hours (6am-8am) of March 3rd, that 10-12 inches of snow fell in the North Cascades over a 12 hour period. A winter storm warning was in place.

The wider storm

A frontal system moved through Western Washington bringing significant snow to the Cascade Range Mountains, where a Winter Storm Warning was issued for each mountain zone.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1091311. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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