Heavy Snow — South Central Highlands, Idaho

2016-12-08 to 2016-12-10 · South Central Highlands, Idaho

Event narrative

South Central Highlands SNOTEL amounts were: 26 inches at Bostetter Ranger Station, 41 inches at Howell Canyon, and 18 inches at Oxford Springs.

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 671733. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.