Heavy Snow — Northwest Blue Mountains, Washington

2025-03-15 to 2025-03-16 · Northwest Blue Mountains, Washington

Event narrative

The Touchet SNOTEL measured 10 inches of new snow in a 12 hour period ending at 1600 PDT on March 15th.

Wider weather episode

An upper level trough and surface cold front passage enhanced by an atmospheric river produced bands of moderate to heavy snowfall across portions of our mountain zones within the atmospheric river path through the weekend.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1249219. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.