Heavy Snow — Upper Snake Highlands, Idaho

2016-01-28 to 2016-01-30 · Upper Snake Highlands, Idaho

Event narrative

Snow amounts reported by spotters were 10 inches at Victor and 9 inches in Driggs. SNOTEL amounts were the following: 25 inches at Black Bear, 13 inches at Island Park, 16 inches at Phillips Bench, and 19 inches at White Elephant.

Wider weather episode

A very powerful Pacific storm brought several hours of snow to high elevations of southeast Idaho. Many amounts of over 10 inches were recorded. It started out a warm system with high freezing levels but after extensive rain, even valley locations received snow accumulations in the 1 to 5 inch range after cold frontal passage late on the 29th and early on the 30th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 614981. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.