A wet Pacific frontal system produced heavy snow amounts at Mt Baker on Jan 1.
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The episode as NWS SEW wrote it up.
A wet Pacific frontal system produced heavy snow amounts at Mt Baker on Jan 1.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
The NW Weather and Avalanche Center precipitation gage at Mt Baker recorded 12 inches of snowfall during 12 hours ending at 11 pm Jan 1.
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