Heavy Snow in S Sierra Foothills, California

Heavy Snow November 26, 2016 – November 27, 2016 · S Sierra Foothills, California

What the National Weather Service wrote

Trained spotter located 4 miles east northeast of Midpines reported a storm total snowfall of 5.5 inches.

The wider storm

Orographic lifting ahead of a cold frontal boundary associated with an eastern moving low pressure system through central and northern California caused heavy snows in parts of the Sierra Nevada range and high winds in the Kern County Mountains.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 668556. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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