Heavy Snow in Apple and Lucerne Valleys, California

Snowfall of 2 to 4 inches along SR247 in Lucerne and Johnson Valleys of the High Desert. This is rare snowfall accumulation despite elevations 3000 to 5000 feet.

The dry weather pattern with 7 Santa Ana wind events in January finally broke and gave way to a cold Pacific storm in late January. This produced widespread precipitation and heavy snowfall in the mountains. There was 6 to 16 inches of new snow in the San Bernardino mountains above 5000 feet. 3 to 6 inches of snow occurred in the San Jacinto mountains January 26-27 and up to 10 inches in Palomar mountain.