Heavy Snow — Caribou Highlands, Idaho

2016-01-28 to 2016-01-30 · Caribou Highlands, Idaho

Event narrative

Spotters reported 12 inches of snow in Inkom. SNOTEL amounts were the following: 13 inches at Pine Creek Pass, 11 inches at Sedgwick Peak, 10 inches at Sheep Mountain, and 18 inches at Wildhorse Divide.

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 614983. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.