Winter Storm in South Lincoln County, Wyoming

Winter Storm January 3, 2017 – January 5, 2017 · South Lincoln County, Wyoming

What the National Weather Service wrote

At Fossil Butte, eight inches of new snow was measured.

The wider storm

A plume of Pacific moisture rode over a dome of very cold air at this surface. With good jet dynamics in place, portions of southern Wyoming saw periods of heavy snow. The heaviest snow fell in Lincoln County where many locations received a foot or more of new snow. Heavy snow also fell in Sweetwater County with 6 to 10 inches commonplace along the Interstate 80 corridor.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 669752. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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