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Sleet in Western Columbia River Gorge, Washington

Sleet December 1, 2007 – December 2, 2007 · Western Columbia River Gorge, Washington

What the National Weather Service wrote

Approximately 1 inch of sleet and freezing rain fell on top of 2 to 3 inches of snow in the Hood River and White Salmon areas.

The wider storm

Ahead of a round of devastating storms in the Pacific Northwest, snow levels were very low, down to the valley floor in some regions. Precipitation fell as snow over the South Washington Cascades and foothills for an extended period of time before the much warmer systems moved in and changed all the precipitation to rain.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 112903. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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