Heavy Snow — Caribou Highlands, Idaho

2016-12-08 to 2016-12-10 · Caribou Highlands, Idaho

Event narrative

Caribou Highlands SNOTEL amounts were: 19 inches at Pine Creek Pass, 25 inches at Sedgwick Peak, 9 inches at Somsen Ranch, 18 inches at Sheep Mountain, and 13 inches at Wildhorse Divide.

Wider weather episode

Snow occurred across all of the Pocatello forecast region but the mountains received extremely heavy amounts. All mountain zones received over a foot of snow and some several feet of snow in the 54 hour period.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 671731. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.