Two waves of snow affected the Spring Mountains, the first as Pacific low pressure directed an atmospheric river inland, and the second as the low pressure itself passed by.
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The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
Two waves of snow affected the Spring Mountains, the first as Pacific low pressure directed an atmospheric river inland, and the second as the low pressure itself passed by.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
An estimated 22 inches of new snow fell at the Bristlecone Trail SNOTEL.
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