A slow moving Pacific low pressure system brought isolated heavy snow to the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada.
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The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
A slow moving Pacific low pressure system brought isolated heavy snow to the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
The co-op observer in Aspendell (8500') measured 17 inches of new snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2010
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