Winter Storm — Upper Green River Basin Foothills, Wyoming

2016-12-08 to 2016-12-10 · Upper Green River Basin Foothills, Wyoming

Event narrative

Snowfall amounts ranged from 5.9 inches in Pinedale to 10.7 inches in Bondurant.

Wider weather episode

A strong and moist flow off of the Pacific combined with favorable jet dynamics to produce heavy snow across much of western Wyoming. The heaviest snow well in the western mountains where 29 inches fell at the Jackson Hole Ski Resort, 24 inches in the Salt and Wyoming Range and 20 inches in southwestern Yellowstone Park. Heavy snow also fell in the Jackson and Star Valleys where 15 inches was measured near Wilson and at the Star Valley Ranch. Meanwhile, strong mid level winds mixing to the surface brought high winds to portions of Fremont and Natrona Counties. The strongest winds were along Outer Drive south of Casper where a gust to 79 mph was recorded. This strong wind brought blowing and drifting and snow that caused travel problems.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 665829. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.