Heavy Snow — Upper Hood River Valley, Oregon

2025-01-01 to 2025-01-02 · Upper Hood River Valley, Oregon

Event narrative

At 0700 on 01/02, a trained spotter reported 6in of new snowfall just outside of Parkdale, OR.

Wider weather episode

A warm frontal boundary on the northeastern periphery of an undercutting shortwave trough combined with locally cooler temperatures and a period of offshore flow to produce locally lower snow-levels and warning level snow amounts across the Hood River Valley the night of January 1st into January 2nd.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1227501. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.