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Heavy Snow in Northeast Blue Mountains, Washington

Heavy Snow March 1, 2011 · Northeast Blue Mountains, Washington

The wider storm

Heavy snow pounded parts of southeast Washington as a moist frontal boundary stalled over the region, from the Northeast Blue Mountains into the Washington Palouse. This is the same frontal boundary that sagged southward the previous day on February 28th with heavy snowfall totals over the in the Northeast Blue Mountains eastern portions of the Washington Palouse. This band slowly migrated northward through the morning hours with heavy snowfall ending by the mid to late morning hours. Numerous locations received around a foot of total snowfall from February 28th into March 1st.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 284771. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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