Heavy Snow — White Pine, Nevada

2024-03-29 to 2024-03-31 · White Pine, Nevada

Event narrative

Eight inches fell at site (DEFN2) Defiance Mines Snotel, Elevation 9304 feet. This occurred between 1 PM on 3/29 and 7 AM on 3/30.

Eight inches fell at site (KALN2) Kalamazoo Snotel, Elevation 7774 feet. This occurred between 11 AM on 3/30 and 8 PM on 3/31.

Eight inches fell at site (WDMN2) Ward Mountain Snotel, Elevation 9152 feet. This occurred between 1 AM on 3/30 and 5 PM on 3/31.

Wider weather episode

A slow moving cold front brought breezy conditions, and high elevation snow to many mountain ranges to end the month. Some instability along and ahead of the cold front may have generated a thunderstorm or two.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1168995. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.