Heavy Snow — Northwest Blue Mountains, Washington

2023-12-01 to 2023-12-03 · Northwest Blue Mountains, Washington

Event narrative

The Touchet SNOTEL site measured 14 inches of new snow in a 24 hour period ending 10AM PST on Dec. 2nd. The Ski Bluewood resort measured 12 inches of new snow in a 24 hour period ending at 8:15 PM PST on Dec. 2nd.

Wider weather episode

A series of winter weather systems impacted the Pacific Northwest between December 1st through the 3rd. While the systems moving through were fairly quick, they were able to produce heavy snow accumulations across many of the mountain zones across the forecast area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1154014. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.