Heavy Snow — Olympics, Washington

2021-12-22 to 2021-12-26 · Olympics, Washington

Event narrative

Periods of heavy snowfall spanned across of several day period across the Olympics from Dec 22-Dec 26. Heavy snow began during the late evening hours on Dec 22nd and accumulated rapidly (according to reports from Hurricane Ridge) through Dec 23rd. Snow then finally tapered on Dec 26th.

Wider weather episode

A series of storm systems amidst a much colder airmass over the Pacific Northwest yielded a long duration mountain snow event, affecting both the Cascades and the Olympics.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 998619. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.