A cold front swept across the Idaho panhandle on November 4, lowering snow levels to near 3000 feet with showery conditions behind the front. Localized mountain locations received their first significant snowfall of the season.
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The episode as NWS OTX wrote it up.
A cold front swept across the Idaho panhandle on November 4, lowering snow levels to near 3000 feet with showery conditions behind the front. Localized mountain locations received their first significant snowfall of the season. The Lookout Pass ski area reported 8 inches of snow, and the Silver Mountain ski area reported 7 inches of snow.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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