Snow Facts

Snow has diminished to flurries this Tuesday evening in the wake of the Fall's first storm in Western Wyoming.  Here is a list of reported snow totals Monday night and Tuesday courtesy of Riverton Forecast Office.

October 22-23 2012 Snowfall Totals

County	Station Name	Snowfall
Fremont	Hobbs Park Snotel	16
Fremont	Cold Springs Snotel	13
Fremont	Little Warm Snotel	10
Fremont	Deer Park Snotel	7
Fremont	Brooks Lake Lodge	7
Fremont	Burroughs Creek Snotel	5
Fremont	South Pass Snotel	4
Fremont	St. Lawrence Alt Snotel	3
Fremont	Castle Creek Snotel	3
Fremont	Townsend Creek Snotel	2
Fremont	Dubois	2
Hot Springs	Owl Creek Snotel	2
Lincoln	1 SW Kemmerer	9
Lincoln	Commissary Ridge (9330 FT)	9
Lincoln	10 W Kemmerer	8
Lincoln	Indian Creek Snotel	8
Lincoln	Spring Creek Divide Snotel	7
Lincoln	Willow Creek Snotel	7
Lincoln	Kemmerer	6
Lincoln	21 NNW Kemmerer	5.5
Lincoln	Kelley Ranger Station Snotel	5
Lincoln	Afton	4.8
Lincoln	5 NNE Thayne/Star Valley Ranch	4.5
Lincoln	Blind Bull Summit Snotel	4
Lincoln	Blind Bull Summit	4
Lincoln	Turnerville	4
Lincoln	5 SSE Smoot	4
Lincoln	Cottonwood Creek Snotel	3
Lincoln	Hams Fork Snotel	3
Lincoln	1 N Kemmerer	3
Lincoln	Salt River Summit Snotel	2
Lincoln	3 SE Bedford	1
Park	Kirwin Snotel	11
Park	Blackwater Snotel	9
Park	Younts Peak Snotel	4
Park	Beartooth Lake Snotel	4
Park	Evening Star Snotel	3
Park	Timber Creek Snotel	2
Park	Marquette Snotel	2
Sublette	Pocket Creek Snotel	11
Sublette	Big Sandy Opening Snotel	8
Sublette	Gunsite Pass Snotel	8
Sublette	Larsen Creek Snotel	6
Sublette	Triple Peak Snotel	4
Sublette	Elkhart Park G.S. Snotel	4
Sublette	Snider Basin Snotel	2
Sublette	Boulder Rearing Station	2
Sublette	14 NW Pinedale	1.1
Sublette	Kendall Ranger Station Snotel	1
Sublette	Loomis Park Snotel	1
Sublette	9 N Daniel	0.5
Sweetwater	5 N Farson	2
Teton	Jackson Hole-Rendezvous Bowl	10
Teton	Grand Targhee Snotel	8
Teton	Grand Targhee-Chief Joseph	8
Teton	Jackson Hole-Raymer	8
Teton	Togwotee Pass Snotel	7
Teton	Togwotee Mountain Lodge	6
Teton	Phillips Bench Snotel	6
Teton	Jackson Hole-Mid	5
Teton	Gros Ventre Summit Snotel	2
Teton	Grassy Lake Snotel	1
Teton	Snow King Ski Area	1
Yellowstone	Two Ocean Plateau Snotel	10
Yellowstone	Parker Peak Snotel	5
Yellowstone	Sylvan Lake Snotel	4
Yellowstone	Lewis Lake Divide Snotel	4
Yellowstone	Sylvan Road Snotel	3
Yellowstone	Snake River Ranger Station	2
Yellowstone	Thumb Divide Snotel	2
Yellowstone	Yellowstone East Entrance	1
Yellowstone	Canyon Snotel	1

 Tuesday evenings upper air analysis and satellite photo indicate the cold upper low/trough is still to the west of Wyoming

Over the next couple days the forecast models are moving the trough and associated unsettled weather east across the Northwestern U.S..  This will maintain periods of snow showers over much of Western Wyoming which could produce several more inches of snow.  The forecast precipitation for the period Tuesday evening through Friday shows much of the heavier amounts will be near the higher terrain

By Thursday evening the trough is shifting eastward  into the Central States with a lessening of snow chances toward the weekend across Western Wyoming.