Heavy Snow — Northwest Blue Mountains, Washington

2021-02-15 to 2021-02-17 · Northwest Blue Mountains, Washington

Event narrative

The Ski Bluewood alpine ski park in WA reported 20 inches of snowfall between Feb. 16th and 530am PST Feb. 17th.

Wider weather episode

An upper level shortwave and persistent moist northwest flow aloft continued to produce heavy snowfall across the northern Blue Mountains the afternoon of Monday Feb. 15th through the morning of Wednesday Feb. 17th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 938489. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.