Winter Storm in Bighorn Mountains West, Wyoming

Winter Storm April 11, 2020 – April 12, 2020 · Bighorn Mountains West, Wyoming

What the National Weather Service wrote

Heavy snow fell in portions of the Big Horn Mountains. At the Middle Powder SNOTEL site, 12 inches of new snow fell.

The wider storm

A strong Canadian cold front moving in from the north combined with Pacific moisture moving in from the south and brought heavy snow to portions of northern and central Wyoming. In the mountains, amounts of over a foot were recorded in the Big Horn and Wind River Range. In the lower Elevations, the highest amounts fell in Fremont County where close to a foot fell around Lander with 6 to 9 inches around Riverton, Wyoming.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 885228. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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