If you were on the highest mountain peaks of the Pacific Northwest this week you would need a yardstick to measure snowfall totals.
Mount Rainier in Washington state. (National Park Service)
A powerful northern Pacific jet stream continues to propel numerous storm systems into the region, making for a wet, windy, and in some cases, snowy weather pattern. Although the elevation at which snow versus rain will fall is varying with each weather system, the summits of some of the highest peaks in the region such as Mount Rainier, Mount Hood and Mount Baker will see nothing but snow, piling up foot-by-foot.
The Sunday night National Weather Service (NWS) forecast near the summit of Mount Rainier predicted that up to 190 inches (15.8 feet) of snow would fall at an elevation of 12,762 feet from Sunday night through Wednesday night. The low end of the forecast range from the NWS was still an impressive 152 inches (12.6 feet). For reference, Mount Rainier's peak elevation rises to 14,410 feet.
http://www.weather.com/storms/winter/news/mount-rainier-feet-of-snow-nws-forecast
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