Heavy Snow — Northeast Blue Mountains, Washington

2019-02-03 to 2019-02-04 · Northeast Blue Mountains, Washington

Event narrative

The COOP observer near Asotin recorded 7.5 inches of snow from this storm.

Wider weather episode

During the day of February 3rd southeast Washington and Central Idaho came under the precipitation shield from a low pressure system migrating through Oregon. This resulted in heavy snow accumulations over higher terrain above the Snake River Valley and the Blue Mountains of Washington.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 805298. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.