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Winter Weather in Surprise Valley, California

Winter Weather November 21, 2010 – November 22, 2010 · Surprise Valley, California

What the National Weather Service wrote

Up to 3 inches of snowfall (based on precipitation estimates from Cedarville and Alturas) fell with on the 21st and 22nd with the heaviest amount in the afternoon and evening of the 21st. Isolated higher amounts fell, with Cedarville reporting 5 inches.

The wider storm

Very cold low pressure dropped south along the Pacific Northwest coast and into the northern Sierra between the 18th and the 21st followed by another low on the 23rd. This brought gusty winds and periods of heavy snow to northeast California and the Sierra.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 269251. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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