Winter Weather — Brooke, West Virginia

2020-12-16 to 2020-12-17 · Brooke, West Virginia

Event narrative

Between 5 and 8 inches of snow fell in a 24 hour time period.

Wider weather episode

An upper trough combined with a coupled jet structure resulted in an impressive snow storm across the region. The resulting divergence aloft generated strong frontogenetically forced snow bands across the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 932702. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.