A Pacific trough and cold front moved into western Wyoming and brought locally heavy snow. The heaviest snow fell in the Tetons where 15 inches of new snow fell.
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The episode as NWS RIW wrote it up.
A Pacific trough and cold front moved into western Wyoming and brought locally heavy snow. The heaviest snow fell in the Tetons where 15 inches of new snow fell. The heavy snow caused the closure of South Pass for a time. Over a foot of snow fell in the highest elevations of the Salt and Wyoming Range as well. A COOP Observer reported 9 inches of new snow at Jackson Lake.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple reports of over a foot of snow were received in the Tetons, with a maximum of 15 inches at the top of Rendezvous Mountain.
A COOP observer reported 9 inches of new snow at Jackson Lake near the northern end of the forecast zone. Storm total snow was closer to around 4 inches in the city of Jackson.
At the Willow Creek SNOTEL site, 13 inches of new snow fell.
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