An area of low pressure over the northeast Pacific on the 25th moved southeast, reaching northern California on the 26th. This system brought snow to eastern California late the 25th into the 26th.
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The episode as NWS REV wrote it up.
An area of low pressure over the northeast Pacific on the 25th moved southeast, reaching northern California on the 26th. This system brought snow to eastern California late the 25th into the 26th.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 25, 6:15 PM PST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
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7 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
COOP Observer near Cedarville reported 8 inches of snow falling between 2030PST 25 February and 0830PST 26 February.
Trained weather spotter 3 miles southeast of Lake Davis reported 7 inches of snowfall since the early morning hours of 26 February.
Trained weather spotter located 1 mile west of Doyle reported 5 inches of snowfall since 0800PST 26 February.
Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows Ski Area reported 18 inches of snowfall from 0000PST 26 February to 0000PST 27 February.
Homewood Mountain Ski Resort reported 14 to 20 inches of snowfall between 0000PST 26 February and 0000PST 27 February.
Heavenly Ski Resort reported 13 inches of snowfall between 0000PST 26 February and 0000PST 27 February.
June Mountain Ski Resort reported 12 inches of snowfall between 0400PST 26 February and 0400PST 27 February.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2018
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 743567, 743562, 743563, 743568, 743569, 743571, 743570.