Winter Weather — Centennial Mountains-island Park, Idaho

2022-12-27 to 2022-12-29 · Centennial Mountains-island Park, Idaho

Event narrative

An estimated 12.7 inches of snow fell at the White Elephant SNOTEL site and the Island Park COOP observer measured 11.6 inches.

Wider weather episode

A very moist and warm Pacific storm system brought very high elevation heavy snow and a period of freezing rain in the Upper Snake Plain on the 27th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1109548. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.