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Heavy Snow in South Washington Cascades, Washington

Heavy Snow March 14, 2025 – March 16, 2025 · South Washington Cascades, Washington

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Swift Creek SNOTEL at 4440 ft recorded 21 inches of snowfall between 1500 3/14 and 2200 03/15 with 12 inches reached 0400 3/15.

The wider storm

Two quick hitting shortwave troughs brought widespread and sustained precipitation to the western Washington allowing for heavy snowfall across the Cascades which was bolstered by a third deep upper trough towards the end of the period.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1240183. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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