Heavy Snow — Lower Slopes of the Est Washington Cascade Crest, Washington

2026-01-06 to 2026-01-08 · Lower Slopes of the Est Washington Cascade Crest, Washington

Event narrative

A trained spotter 3 miles NW of Cle Elum measured 15 inches of storm total snow at 2000 PST on the 6th. A Cocorahs volunteer 9 miles east of Cle Elum reported 8.5 inches of new snow in a 24 hour period ending at 0700 PST on the 7th.

Wider weather episode

A series of upper low pressure systems and a surface cold front passage resulted in a several day period of heavy snow accumulations across the Cascades and northern Blue mountains.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1314554. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.