Riverton Forecast Office has compiled a list of snowfall amounts from Sundays quick hitting storm.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
329 PM MDT SUN MAR 17 2013
A POWERFUL...FAST-MOVING WINTER STORM HAS MOVED
THROUGH THE COWBOY STATE TODAY...BRINGING SNOW
AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA.
WEAK LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS...WHILE BRIEF HEAVIER SNOW
SHOWERS WILL BEPOSSIBLE OVER THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS.
BELOW ARE SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM OVERNIGHT THROUGH 12PM.
SNOTELS (SNOW TELEMETRY) ARE REMOTE SENSING SITES IN HIGH
MOUNTAIN WATERSHEDS. SNOWFALL DATA FROM SNOTELS ARE
ESTIMATED BASED ON SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT.
LOCATION SNOWFALL
BIG HORN COUNTY...
26 E LOVELL... 5 INCHES.
BONE SPRINGS DIVIDE SNOTEL... 5 INCHES.
BALD MOUNTAIN SNOTEL... 4 INCHES.
SHELL CREEK SNOTEL... 1 INCH.
FREMONT COUNTY...
HOBBS PARK SNOTEL... 4 INCHES.
BROOKS LAKE LODGE... 2 INCHES.
SOUTH PASS SNOTEL... 2 INCHES.
LITTLE WARM SNOTEL... 1 INCH.
BURROUGHS CREEK SNOTEL... 1 INCH.
ST. LAWRENCE ALT SNOTEL... 1 INCH.
COLD SPRINGS SNOTEL... 1 INCH.
TOWNSEND CREEK SNOTEL... 1 INCH.
LINCOLN COUNTY...
SPRING CREEK DIVIDE SNOTEL... 4 INCHES.
COTTONWOOD CREEK SNOTEL... 4 INCHES.
WILLOW CREEK SNOTEL... 4 INCHES.
BLIND BULL SUMMIT SNOTEL... 4 INCHES.
BLIND BULL SUMMIT... 4 INCHES.
KELLEY RANGER STATION SNOTEL... 3 INCHES.
5 SSE SMOOT... 2 INCHES.
INDIAN CREEK SNOTEL... 2 INCHES.
HAMS FORK SNOTEL... 2 INCHES.
BOX Y RANCH... 2 INCHES.
5 NNE THAYNE... 1.5 INCHES.
2 SE THAYNE... 1.5 INCHES.
SALT RIVER SUMMIT SNOTEL... 1 INCH.
PARK COUNTY...
PAHASKA... 9 INCHES.
BEARTOOTH LAKE SNOTEL... 9 INCHES.
WOLVERINE SNOTEL... 6 INCHES.
EVENING STAR SNOTEL... 5 INCHES.
YOUNTS PEAK SNOTEL... 4 INCHES.
BLACKWATER SNOTEL... 4 INCHES.
SUBLETTE COUNTY...
TRIPLE PEAK SNOTEL... 6 INCHES.
LOOMIS PARK SNOTEL... 3 INCHES.
GUNSITE PASS SNOTEL... 3 INCHES.
SNIDER BASIN SNOTEL... 3 INCHES.
LARSEN CREEK SNOTEL... 2 INCHES.
NEW FORK LAKE SNOTEL... 2 INCHES.
BOULDER REARING STATION... 1 INCH.
14 NW PINEDALE... 0.3 INCHES.
TETON COUNTY...
SNAKE RIVER STN SNOTEL... 9 INCHES.
GRASSY LAKE SNOTEL... 7 INCHES.
BASE CAMP SNOTEL... 6 INCHES.
JACKSON HOLE-RAYMER... 5 INCHES.
PHILLIPS BENCH SNOTEL... 5 INCHES.
JACKSON HOLE-RENDEZVOUS BOWL... 5 INCHES.
GROS VENTRE SUMMIT SNOTEL... 5 INCHES.
3 SSW WILSON... 4 INCHES.
GRAND TARGHEE SNOTEL... 4 INCHES.
SNOW KING SKI AREA... 3 INCHES.
TOGWOTEE PASS SNOTEL... 3 INCHES.
JACKSON HOLE-MID... 3 INCHES.
GRAND TARGHEE-CHIEF JOSEPH... 3 INCHES.
2 NE TETON VILLAGE... 2.5 INCHES.
GRANITE CREEK SNOTEL... 2 INCHES.
MOOSE... 1.5 INCHES.
JACKSON HOLE-BASE... 1 INCH.
12 NE JACKSON... 1 INCH.
TOGWOTEE MOUNTAIN LODGE... 1 INCH.
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK...
LEWIS LAKE DIVIDE SNOTEL... 9 INCHES.
TWO OCEAN PLATEAU SNOTEL... 7 INCHES.
THUMB DIVIDE SNOTEL... 5 INCHES.
SYLVAN LAKE SNOTEL... 5 INCHES.
PARKER PEAK SNOTEL... 4 INCHES.
SYLVAN ROAD SNOTEL... 4 INCHES.
CANYON SNOTEL... 3 INCHES.
TOWER FALLS RANGER STATION... 1 INCH.
LAMAR RANGER STATION... 1 INCH.
Hey Jack...
ReplyDeleteI was wondering how well snow shows up on radar for the Star Valley.
Where I currently live along the east slopes of the Cascades of WA, we are shadowed by the relatively high radar beams (and the higher mountains on either side of me).. so if tops of precip based clouds are below 15k ft or so, it doesn't show up on radar. Is is safe to assume this happens in the star valley as well? Do you know roughly what the radar angle is for that area, and what corresponding altitude the reflectivity must be at to show up ?
Thanks
Excellent observation. The lowest reflectivity slice from the Pocatello radar at 0.5 degrees, is 7800 feet above the valley floor. In the wintertime, particularly post-frontal it can be snowing here at Star Valley Ranch all day and barely show up on radar. Thus 15000 ft MSL is the lowest elevation.
ReplyDeletegotcha.. thanks a bunch!
ReplyDeleteSnowave merced, a correction as the elevation is above the PIH radar location which is at 4480 ft. This would put the height of the lowest beam at 12280 feet over Star Valley
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