Holiday Weekend Storms Summary

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A couple of storm systems moved through the area this holiday weekend, bringing widespread snow showers, and some rain to much of western and central Wyoming. The first system was on the warm side and delivered a light coating of wet snow to many spots along and east of the Divide. An especially vigirous and persistent band of snow set up in the Wind River Basin, delivering around 5 inches to the town of Riverton with much less snow to the north and east. Snow totals were erratic from both the Saturday and the Sunday/President's Day system. The second system was a bit colder which led to some freezing on the roads and many travel headaches for the Monday morning commute. Most of the more impressive snow totals actually occurred in the low elevations, and there were large variations in snow totals over short distances. The erratic snow accumulations, very wet snow, and showery nature of the two systems are usually something we see out of spring storms. For a February storm, it sure was a soaker.

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Both storm systems that moved through were pretty unstable, leading to scattered snow showers that produced snow fall rates of 1" per hour

- Photo from: Eric Nielsen of Green River

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The roads were warm coming into this event but that didn't stop this wet snow from accumulating underneath the more persistent snow bands. One of the more productive bands sat over the town of Riverton early Sunday morning, delivering 5 inches of wet slush to the roads.

- Photo from: WYDOT

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**Snowfall 2/14 through 2/17**
County	Location	Snowfall
Big Horn	Bald Mountain Snotel	11
Big Horn	Bone Springs Divide Snotel	9
Big Horn	Shell Creek Snotel	6
Big Horn	Powell Field Station	0.1
County	Location	Snowfall
Fremont	South Pass Snotel	13
Fremont	St. Lawrence Alt Snotel	10
Fremont	Townsend Creek Snotel	10
Fremont	Crowheart	9
Fremont	6 SW Lander	9
Fremont	Riverton	6 to 8
Fremont	Crowheart	8
Fremont	Burris	8
Fremont	Lander Airport	7.3
Fremont	Hudson	7
Fremont	Deer Park Snotel	7
Fremont	Castle Creek Snotel	7
Fremont	Hobbs Park Snotel	7
Fremont	9 SSE Lander	7
Fremont	Atlantic City	6.6
Fremont	7 WNW Lander	6.2
Fremont	Lander	5 to 6
Fremont	Riverton Airport	5.9
Fremont	9 SSE Lander	5.5
Fremont	10 NNE Riverton	5
Fremont	Cold Springs Snotel	4
Fremont	Boysen Dam	4
Fremont	Brooks Lake	4
Fremont	Shoshoni	3.8
Fremont	Lander	3.5
Fremont	2 SSW Arapahoe	3
Fremont	Jeffrey City	3
Fremont	6 SE Lander	3
Fremont	15 W Jeffrey City	2.6
Fremont	10 NW Riverton	2.5
Fremont	Little Warm Snotel	1
Fremont	10 WNW Dubois	1
Fremont	Burroughs Creek Snotel	1
Fremont	Dubois	0.5
County	Location	Snowfall
Hot Springs	Owl Creek Snotel	6
Hot Springs	9 NE Thermopolis	2.2
Hot Springs	Thermopolis	0.9
Hot Springs	Thermopolis	0.3
County	Location	Snowfall
Johnson	1 NNW Barnum	17
Johnson	Bear Trap Meadow Snotel	15
Johnson	7 NE Buffalo	12.3
Johnson	Little Goose Snotel	10
Johnson	Cloud Peak Reservoir Snotel	8
Johnson	8 NW Kaycee	6
Johnson	Hansen Sawmill Snotel	5
Johnson	Soldier Park Snotel	5
Johnson	Buffalo	4.8
Johnson	4 SSW Buffalo	3.5
Johnson	17 E Kaycee	3
Johnson	12 SSE Buffalo	2
County	Location	Snowfall
Lincoln	5 SSE Smoot	2
Lincoln	Commissary Ridge	2
Lincoln	Blind Bull Summit	1
Lincoln	2 SE Thayne	0.5
Lincoln	Afton	0.5
County	Location	Snowfall
Natrona	Grave Spring Snotel	16
Natrona	Casper Mountain Snotel	11
Natrona	Reno Hill Snotel	11
Natrona	Casper	4 to 8
Natrona	2 SW Casper	6.6
Natrona	Paradise Valley	6
Natrona	Midwest	5
Natrona	Casper Airport	4.4
Natrona	4 NE Evansville	4.1
Natrona	5 SSW Casper	4
Natrona	10 WSW Casper	4
Natrona	Powder River	3
County	Location	Snowfall
Park	Marquette Snotel	14
Park	Timber Creek Snotel	10
Park	3 NE Sunshine	7.4
Park	Blackwater Snotel	6
Park	5 ESE Cody	4.5
Park	3 NW Meeteetse	4
Park	Meeteetse	4
Park	4 SE Cody	3.6
Park	Beartooth Lake Snotel	3
Park	Cody	2 to 3
Park	26 SW Cody	2.8
Park	Kirwin Snotel	2
Park	Evening Star Snotel	1
Park	3 W Wapiti	0.7
Park	4 ENE Powell	0.1
County	Location	Snowfall
Sublette	Pinedale	0.3
County	Location	Snowfall
Sweetwater	Wamsutter	3
Sweetwater	Rock Springs	1
Sweetwater	4 NNW Rock Springs	1
Sweetwater	7 SE Rock Springs	0.8
County	Location	Snowfall
Teton	Togwotee Pass Snotel	3
Teton	Togwotee Mountain Lodge	2
Teton	Moose	1
Teton	12 NE Jackson	1
Teton	Jackson Hole - Raymer	1
Teton	Grand Targhee - Chief Joseph	1
Teton	Jackson Hole - Rendezvous Bowl	1
Teton	Jackson Hole - Mid Mountain	0.5
Teton	1 NNW Alta	0.5
Teton	Jackson Hole - Base	0.1
Teton	Snow King	0.1
Snowfall	Location	Snowfall
Washakie	Middle Powder Snotel	17
Washakie	Powder River Pass Snotel	7
Washakie	5 NNW Ten Sleep	1
Washakie	8 SW Worland	1
Washakie	Ten Sleep	0.7
Washakie	16 SSE Ten Sleep	0.4
Washakie	Winchester	0.2
Snowfall	Location	Snowfall
Yellowstone	Yellowstone East Entrance	1
Yellowstone	Snake River Ranger Station	1
Yellowstone	Tower Falls Ranger Station	0.4

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