Weekly Wyoming Weather Video July 31 2014

The following is the link to the  summary of the expected weather across Western Wyoming into the coming week.



Weekly Weather Video from Riverton WFO

Wetter Days Ahead

After a quite dry July the last few days of the month promise to be wetter.  Following is the rainfall reports  from Tuesday July 29th, the first day of the expected wet period  ahead

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
858 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014

...RAINFALL REPORTS...

MONSOONAL MOISTURE GAVE MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING MUCH 
NEEDED RAINFALL. THE MAIN EXCEPTION WAS THE NORTHERN BIG HORN BASIN 
AND NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS OCCURRED 
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BIGHORN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT LOWER 
ELEVATIONS...AS WELL AS AREAS AROUND GREEN RIVER. BELOW ARE RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. 

LOCATION                       AMOUNT    END TIME/DATE                            
...LINCOLN COUNTY...
5 SSE LA BARGE (6530 FT)       1.34 IN   0800 PM 07/29                                                                   
13 E COKEVILLE (7460 FT)       0.51 IN   0630 PM 07/29                                                                     
FOSSIL BUTTE (6780 FT)         0.29 IN   0400 PM 07/29                        
AFTON (6267 FT)                0.27 IN   0732 PM 07/29
FAIRVIEW                       0.22 IN   0700 PM 07/29                                                       
9 N KEMMERER (7129 FT)         0.16 IN   0731 PM 07/29                        
THAYNE (5928 FT)               0.13 IN   0726 PM 07/29                        
KEMMERER (6980 FT)             0.12 IN   0700 PM 07/29 
15 NE COKEVILLE (8470 FT)      0.06 IN   0700 PM 07/29                        
4 NE THAYNE (6217 FT)          0.04 IN   0732 PM 07/29        

...BIG HORN COUNTY...                     
30 E GREYBULL (8898 FT)        0.03 IN   0658 PM 07/29                        
5 ENE HYATTVILLE (5670 FT)     0.02 IN   0652 PM 07/29                        

...FREMONT COUNTY...
11 NW RIVERTON                 0.81 IN   0600 PM 07/29
10 NE RIVERTON                 0.75 IN   0700 PM 07/29                   
2 S RIVERTON (4901 FT)         0.69 IN   0715 PM 07/29                        
BOYSEN RESERVOIR (4710 FT)     0.65 IN   0730 PM 07/29                                              
10 W FORT WASHAKIE (9235 FT)   0.60 IN   0701 PM 07/29                        
7 NW LANDER (5797 FT)          0.54 IN   0737 PM 07/29                        
4 SW LANDER (5807 FT)          0.53 IN   0728 PM 07/29                        
11 NE RIVERTON (5016 FT)       0.52 IN   0738 PM 07/29                                   
DUBOIS (6980 FT)               0.49 IN   0738 PM 07/29                        
CROWHEART (6099 FT)            0.46 IN   0740 PM 07/29                        
9 SW LANDER (7085 FT)          0.44 IN   0700 PM 07/29                        
10 N DUBOIS (8085 FT)          0.43 IN   0657 PM 07/29
RIVERTON TOWN (4950 FT)        0.38 IN   0630 PM 07/29                                                                  
6 NW DUBOIS (7189 FT)          0.37 IN   0715 PM 07/29                        
11 W CROWHEART (6520 FT)       0.33 IN   0645 PM 07/29                        
RIVERTON AIRPORT (5525 FT)     0.31 IN   0700 PM 07/29                        
7 SW MUDDY GAP (7380 FT)       0.29 IN   0650 PM 07/29                        
10 W DUBOIS (8432 FT)          0.28 IN   0736 PM 07/29                        
LANDER AIRPORT (5586 FT)       0.25 IN   0453 PM 07/29                        
10 SE CROWHEART (5654 FT)      0.13 IN   0700 PM 07/29                        
SOUTH PASS CITY (8540 FT)      0.13 IN   0700 PM 07/29                                                                    
8 W SOUTH PASS CITY (8120 FT)  0.03 IN   0750 PM 07/29                        

...HOT SPRINGS COUNTY...
10 S MEETEETSE (7127 FT)       0.19 IN   0742 PM 07/29
KIRBY (4350 FT)                0.12 IN   0700 PM 07/29                        
THERMOPOLIS (4313 FT)          0.11 IN   0400 PM 07/29                                              

...JOHNSON COUNTY...                      
10 SW KAYCEE (4900 FT)         0.81 IN   0700 PM 07/29                        
KAYCEE (4681 FT)               0.73 IN   0737 PM 07/29
MAYOWORTH                      0.65 IN   0700 PM 07/29                        
7 SW BARNUM (6440 FT)          0.58 IN   0646 PM 07/29                        
17 E KAYCEE (4362 FT)          0.34 IN   0715 PM 07/29                        
2 NW MAYOWORTH (5404 FT)       0.32 IN   0729 PM 07/29                        
7 NW MAYOWORTH (5720 FT)       0.31 IN   0700 PM 07/29                                              
14 W BUFFALO (8604 FT)         0.24 IN   0647 PM 07/29                                                                   
20 NW MAYOWORTH (8180 FT)      0.16 IN   0700 PM 07/29                        
18 WNW BUFFALO (8580 FT)       0.11 IN   0645 PM 07/29                                           
7 WSW BUFFALO (5745 FT)        0.08 IN   0700 PM 07/29                        

                

...NATRONA COUNTY...                       
28 N WALTMAN (8550 FT)         0.40 IN   0500 PM 07/29                        
CASPER MOUNTAIN (7740 FT)      0.38 IN   0652 PM 07/29
WEST CASPER                    0.22 IN   0700 PM 07/29                     
22 SE CASPER (8500 FT)         0.20 IN   0700 PM 07/29                        
MIDWEST (4865 FT)              0.20 IN   0738 PM 07/29                        
PATHFINDER RESERVOIR (5858 FT) 0.11 IN   0730 PM 07/29                        
MILLS (5150 FT)                0.09 IN   0700 PM 07/29
SW CASPER                      0.09 IN   0700 PM 07/29                        
21 W ALCOVA (5920 FT)          0.08 IN   0645 PM 07/29
CASPER AIRPORT (5320 FT)       0.06 IN   0753 PM 07/28                        
CASPER - N PLATTE RIVER        0.06 IN   0730 PM 07/29                        
16 S HILAND (6380 FT)          0.01 IN   0710 PM 07/29                        

...PARK COUNTY...   
CHIEF JOSEPH HWY (8136 FT)     0.35 IN   0712 PM 07/29                        
10 WNW CODY (8401 FT)          0.04 IN   0740 PM 07/29                        
3 NE CLARK (4090 FT)           0.02 IN   0800 AM 07/29                        
19 SSW WAPITI (6200 FT)        0.01 IN   0700 PM 07/29                        
3 E PAHASKA (7500 FT)          0.01 IN   0657 PM 07/29                        
5 WNW CLARK (4659 FT)          0.01 IN   0731 PM 07/29                        

...SUBLETTE COUNTY...
BONDURANT (6650 FT)            0.35 IN   0700 PM 07/29
DANIEL                         0.35 IN   0700 PM 07/29                                              
10 NNW DANIEL (7470 FT)        0.26 IN   0630 PM 07/29                        
21 W BIG PINEY (8200 FT)       0.26 IN   0709 PM 07/29                        
MARBLETON (6896 FT)            0.25 IN   0737 PM 07/29 
2 NW BONDURANT (6726 FT)       0.19 IN   0651 PM 07/29                        
7 NE PINEDALE (8530 FT)        0.15 IN   0726 PM 07/29                        
9 E BIG PINEY (6803 FT)        0.14 IN   0700 PM 07/29                        
PINE CREEK ABOVE FREMONT LAKE  0.13 IN   0645 PM 07/29                                             
14 N FARSON (6780 FT)          0.08 IN   0700 PM 07/29                        
BOULDER LAKE (7350 FT)         0.07 IN   0700 PM 07/29                        
BIG PINEY AIRPORT (6974 FT)    0.06 IN   0453 PM 07/29                        
PINEDALE (7310 FT)             0.02 IN   0700 PM 07/29                        

...SWEETWATER COUNTY...
GREEN RIVER                    1.02 IN   0700 PM 07/29
GREEN RIVER                    0.75 IN   0700 PM 07/29
15 SE ROCK SPRINGS (7550 FT)   0.74 IN   0744 PM 07/29                        
GREEN RIVER (6060 FT)          0.42 IN   0730 PM 07/29                        
ROCK SPRINGS (6270 FT)         0.32 IN   0500 PM 07/29                        
3 NE MANILA UT (6060 FT)       0.20 IN   0715 PM 07/29                        
22 NNE GRANGER (6322 FT)       0.19 IN   0738 PM 07/29                        
1 S FONTENELLE RESERVOIR       0.13 IN   0700 PM 07/29                        
ROCK SPRINGS AIRPORT (6760 FT) 0.12 IN   0454 PM 07/29                        

...TETON COUNTY...
4 N MOOSE (6730 FT)            0.18 IN   0658 PM 07/29                        
7 E MORAN JCT (7251 FT)        0.12 IN   0652 PM 07/29                        
4 SW JACKSON (6073 FT)         0.11 IN   0733 PM 07/29                        
HOBACK JUNCTION (5928 FT)      0.11 IN   0733 PM 07/29                        
JACKSON (6240 FT)              0.06 IN   0645 PM 07/29                        
15 NNE GRAND TARGHEE (6830 FT) 0.06 IN   0703 PM 07/29                        
5 S OF SOUTH ENTRANCE YNP      0.05 IN   0645 PM 07/29                        
SNAKE RIVER AT JACKSON DAM     0.03 IN   0645 PM 07/29                        
ALTA (6430 FT)                 0.03 IN   0645 PM 07/29                        

...WASHAKIE COUNTY...                     
16 SE BIG TRAILS (7220 FT)     1.61 IN   0700 PM 07/29                        
S. BIGHORN MTS (6554 FT)       1.02 IN   0740 PM 07/29                        
WORLAND AIRPORT (4245 FT)      0.17 IN   0453 PM 07/29                        
12 ENE TEN SLEEP (8202 FT)     0.10 IN   0714 PM 07/29                        

...YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK...                  
1 SW CANYON (7900 FT)          0.27 IN   0649 PM 07/29                        
TANTALUS CK NEAR NORRIS JCT    0.22 IN   0730 PM 07/29                        
4 W SOUTH ENTRANCE YNP         0.21 IN   0645 PM 07/29 
TOWER FALLS (6266 FT)          0.13 IN   0615 PM 07/29                        
LAMAR RANGER STATION (6555 FT) 0.12 IN   0800 AM 07/29                        
1 NNE LAKE (7875 FT)           0.11 IN   0700 PM 07/29                        
OLD FAITHFUL (7320 FT)         0.07 IN   0615 PM 07/29                        
YELLOWSTONE LAKE (7835 FT)     0.06 IN   0456 PM 07/29                        
OLD FAITHFUL (7360 FT)         0.03 IN   0800 AM 07/29                        
HOYT PEAK (9800 FT)            0.03 IN   0730 PM 07/29                        
SNAKE RIVER RANGER STATION     0.02 IN   1000 AM 07/29                        
14 S SYLVAN PASS (8650 FT)     0.02 IN   0708 PM 07/29                        
EAST ENTRANCE YELLOWSTONE NP   0.01 IN   0800 AM 07/29                        
MAMMOTH (6300 FT)              0.01 IN   0615 PM 07/29 

 Following is the expected precipitation for the next 8-14 days.

And for the month of August above normal precipitation is also expected.

Dog Days of Summer in Western Wyoming

The Riverton Weather Forecast Office weekly videos theme is the Dog Days of Summer




Riverton Weekly Weather Video-July 24 2014

Smoke Sources

Smoke from distant fires will be present in the skies of Star Valley and much of Western Wyoming for the next several days.  While fire danger remains generally low in the mountains surrounding Star Valley, such is not the case in other areas.  Following is a graphic produced on Wednesday July 17 by the Missoula NWS office.

Reblogging of the Weather Cam Link

The initial post on this blog was a description of the Weather Camera link on the site.  This was posted on 10/11/11.  John has since improved the site archiving capability and thus a re-posting  of the original description with the added info about the improvements follows.  The additional discussion is underlined at the end.

The Weather Camera is a link to the site www.halescamvideo.com that was developed by John Hales as a Christmas Gift to me(his father) in 2008.  While John provides any technical needs, I am the site manager and maintain quality control of the Cams on the site.

At any given time there could be as many as 130 web cams displayed.  The criteria used to determine the display of a camera are: 

1. Quality of the image.(StarDot Cameras much preferred).

2. Frequency of updates. (ideally every minute) 

3. Proximity to Star Valley WY

4. View of the sky.

5. Reliability

Current Features

Left click on the image will provide a  larger current image

The cursor at the top of each cam will open up the control menu for that particular cam. 


Left click on the minutes option(30 60 120 180 300) will build a loop of that length in time.

Left click on the info (i) button and it will bring up a google map centered on the webcam location.  Additionally it will display the latest weather observation and identifying the location of the observation.

There is also a radar option which when turned on will display the current composite reflectivity product from the NWS  The satellite option will display the current infrared imagery.

Clicking on the + will open up a looping option.  At least 3 days are available in the archive for all cams.  Selecting the date/time and looping length in minutes will rebuild a loop.

There are two options when building a loop.  The Load Loop option will rebuild a requested  time period  and display it.  A much more powerful option is the Create Video.  This will build the requested time period and then display the Download mp4 Video which will then produce a url  that can be copied/sent or saved as a video file.

While all cams have at least the most recent 3 days archived, additional days can be added to a particular cam upon request. 

Weekly Weather Briefing

Here is a summary of conditions expected through this coming weekend provided by the Riverton Forecast Office.


Wyoming Weather Briefing

Star Valleys Natural Air Conditioning

One of the many benefits living in Star Valley WY is much of the summer there is little need to supplement the natural air conditioning available.  As in the past few days when afternoon temperatures are rising to some of the warmest of the summer, the very strong nighttime  radiational cooling provides ample time to cool down the interior of most homes.  The key is to open the windows around sunset and then shut them during the rapid warm-up time during the morning.

The following are graphs from around Star Valley of the temperatures the past two days  under clear skies and low humidities which allow the 45-50 degree ranges from maximums to minimums each day.

Thayne Elementary School

Afton

Star Valley Ranch

Additionally here is a plot of observed minimum temperatures on July 9 2014.

Maximums observed on Tuesday July 8 2014

What's Expected for Independence Day?

What's Expected for Independence Day?

As we continue through the week, we realize that many of our customers are wanting to know what's in store for Independence Day! We thought we would put together this little page as a way to monitor anticipated weather conditions across central and western Wyoming. Specific details for your location can be found utilizing our Point and Click Map on our webpage.
Overall, we are looking at a ridge of high pressure being located over the state. This system will permit continued warming temperatures for Friday. Limited amounts of moisture are anticipated to be a part of the ridge, which may be enough to generate a few showers and thunderstorms over the area, especially due to afternoon heating. Most showers and thunderstorms are anticipated to remain over the mountains, though isolated activity will be possible over the lower elevation locations as well.

How is the forecast shaping up? Below are some graphics to give a general idea of what conditions might be like across western and central Wyoming.

Afternoon Forecast
Max Temperature	Weather (12pm)
Evening Forecast
Temperatures (6pm)	Weather (6pm)

Summer Week for Star Valley and the West

A summer weather pattern becomes established across all of the United States this week as high pressure aloft takes control.  Following is the 500mb forecast for Friday evening the 4th of July.

As a result, very warm air spreads across the western states including Wyoming.  Following are maps of forecast high temperatures  ahead this week.

The lower elevations will warm to near triple digits during the afternoons  such as Salt Lake City and Boise while here in Star Valley it will be mostly in the 80s with possibly low 90s in the lower valley locations such as Alpine, Etna and Thayne.

The desert southwest will be hot with  105-110 plus as can be seen on the map for maximums Wednesday afternoon.

The following is a graphic of  forecast conditions for July 3-4 in the Star Valley Area.

Cool mornings will be followed by warm and mostly dry afternoons on both days.  There is a small chance of late afternoon and evening thunderstorm, but little in the way of rain is expected.