Winter Storm Ferus Winding Down Across the North-Central States

Chris Dolce
Published: December 22,2015
Winter Storm Ferus will bring some lingering snows to parts of the northern Plains and Upper Midwest into early Wednesday.
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On Monday, the area of low pressure and cold front associated with Ferus pushed into the Pacific Northwest, bringing strong winds and heavy snow to parts of the region. The high winds caused power outages and downed trees in portions of Oregon and southern Washington. Heavy snow impacted the Cascades and the Sierra Nevada.
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Current Radar

Although most of the snow is now over, some additional light snow accumulations will be possible from northern North Dakota into northern Minnesota. Here, snow will transition to snow showers and flurries through Wednesday.

Ferus Snow Reports

California

• 34 inches at Northstar Ski Resort
• 22 inches at Bear Valley Ski Resort

Idaho

• 24 inches at Brundage Ski Area
• 12 inches in Fairfield and Almo

Minnesota

• 4.5 inches at Salol
• 3.0 inches at Crookston

Montana

• 13 inches near Heron
• 5 inches at West Yellowstone

Nevada

• 36 inches at Heavenly Valley Ski Resort
• 12 inches at Dagget Pass

North Dakota

• 7 inches at Willow City
• 6 inches near Towner

Oregon

• 10 inches near La Pine
• 5 inches in Sunriver

Washington

• 12 inches in Cle Elum Monday.
• 6.2 inches of snow in Spokane Monday.
• 5 inches of snow in Yakima Monday.
• Snow mixed with rain Monday afternoon at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport when the cold, upper-level low moved over the area.

Ferus Wind Reports

Peak winds reached parts of the I-5 corridor (Willamette Valley) Monday afternoon and there have been numerous reports of trees and power lines down across northwestern Oregon as of late Monday afternoon. On Monday evening a trailor was overturned in Twin Falls, Idaho.
As of just before 5 p.m. PST Monday a wind gust of 71 mph was measured at the National Weather Service office in Pendleton, Oregon. At the Portland International Airport winds gusted to 55 mph just before 2 p.m and a tractor-trailer was blown off the roadway near the airport Monday afternoon.
A wind gust to 129 mph was measured at the summit of Mammoth Mountain in California on Monday.

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