High Wind — Wind River Mountains East, Wyoming

2024-12-14 · Wind River Mountains East, Wyoming

Event narrative

Wind gusts as high as 86 mph occurred along South Pass in the eastern Wind River Mountains.

Wider weather episode

After a mild and dry start to the month, a Pacific weather system brought heavy snow to portions of western Wyoming and high wind to portions of central Wyoming. The heaviest snow fell in the Tetons with the high amount of 22 inches at the Jackson Hole Ski Resort. Over a foot of snow also fell in the western slopes of the Wind River Range and the Salt and Wyoming Range. In the western valleys, up to 9 inches fell in the Jackson Valley and up to 11 inches in the Star Valley. High wind occurred in some of the favored locations East of the Divide as well. The highest wind gust reported was 86 mph at Red Canyon along South Pass. Numerous locations of the south side of Casper had wind gusts over 60 mph as well.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1226541. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.