Heavy Snow — Lower Garfield & Asotin, Washington

2017-01-30 to 2017-01-31 · Lower Garfield & Asotin, Washington

Event narrative

The Bluewood Ski Resort reported 6 inches of new snow.

Wider weather episode

During the night of January 30th through the morning of January 31st a stalled front provided a focusing mechanism for bands of snow showers over southeastern Washington. Whitman County was under the axis of the most persistent snow showers with local snow accumulations of 4 to 5 inches. The Blue Mountains of extreme southeast Washington also received significant snow accumulations.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 677097. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.