Heavy Snow in Bighorn Mountains West, Wyoming

Heavy Snow May 30, 2013 – May 31, 2013 · Bighorn Mountains West, Wyoming

$15K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

A trained spotter reported 36 inches of snow at the High Country Lodge in the Big Horn Mountains. The Bald Mountain SNOTEL at 9380 feet elevation had an estimated 26 inches of snow.

The wider storm

A persistent, moist, north-northwest flow aloft brought heavy snow to the northern Bighorn Mountains, especially above about 8500 feet. Two day snowfall amounts ranged from 2 to 3 feet in the vicinity of Bald Mountain near US Highway 14A. The snow toppled trees and caused damage to trailers located at a lodge.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 446141. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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