Heavy Snow — Del Norte Interior, California

2017-01-01 to 2017-01-04 · Del Norte Interior, California

Event narrative

Four to six inches of snow reported in Gasquet at 400 feet elevation at 10 am on the 2nd. Snow was still falling at the time of the observation. There was also an additional report of over 12 inches of snow on highway 199 from an NWS employee passing through the Collier Tunnel and 17 inches around 1700 feet from a spotter around noon on the 3rd.

Wider weather episode

A cold storm system brought heavy snow to much of interior Northwest California. Snow was wet and heavy in the interior valley locations of Humboldt County which resulted in hundreds of downed trees and thousands of people without power.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 676414. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.