Heavy Snow — Waterville Plateau, Washington

2017-02-05 to 2017-02-06 · Waterville Plateau, Washington

Event narrative

An observer at Waterville reported 9 inches of new snow. Just outside of this zone to the northeast at Elmer City 6.1 inches was reported by a CoCoRaHS observer, while just to the southwest of the Waterville Plateau numerous reports of 6 inches of new snow were received from the Wenatchee area.

Wider weather episode

A warm front moved from south to north through Eastern Washington on February 5th fed by a deep plume of Pacific moisture. Widespread heavy snow accumulations occurred in the mountains north of the basin and the Cascades. Heavy snow was also noted in the western margin of the Columbia basin where low level cold air was trapped against the Cascades. The remainder of the Columbia Basin received 1 to 3 inches of snow from this system.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 678493. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.