Star Valley Weather

  A storm system in the Gulf of Alaska Friday evening will move rapidly southeast into the Northwestern U.S. over the weekend.  Star Valley will be impacted beginning late Saturday, continuing through Sunday.     The following is the 50 percent probability of snowfall expected to reach or exceed the displayed depth over the next 3 days.   The system analyzed on the afternoon 500 mb chart moving through the Gulf Of Alaska can be seen on the following animated…

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      Afton WY Turnerville WY Bedford/Star Valley Ranch WY Snake River/Alpine WY   Mt Moran/Tetons WY

While December 2018 started out cold across Star Valley, the last several days have seen a moderation in the temperatures. This can be noted on the temperatures recorded at the Double L weather station since Dec 1 2018. Beginning on December 17th temperatures warmed,  with about a 24 hour period on the 18/19th when it remained near or above freezing. The web cam located near Alpine with a view of the Snake River was able to capture the breakup of…

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National Weather Service Riverton WY 1244 AM MST Tue Dec 18 2018…Snow returning to western Wyoming through Wednesday….Light snow today will become steadier and heaver tonight and continueinto Wednesday morning before becoming lighter and more intermittent Wednesday afternoon.Star Valley-Including the cities of Afton, Alpine, Star Valley Ranch,and Thayne 1244 AM MST Tue Dec 18 2018…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST WEDNESDAY…WHAT…Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 5 inches expected, with the…

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These videos from the three geostationary satellites that cover all the U.S. including  the Pacific Islands were generated for about the same 14 hour period on Sunday December 16 2018 GOES East 14 hour loop  GOES West 14 hour loop GOES Japanese 14 hour loop

Skies cleared and temperatures dropped with many Star Valley locations dipping below zero(but not all). Temperatures across the Valley at sunrise displayed the typically large range that occur on these clear, calm conditions.  This is best displayed on the Home page of Starvalleyweather.com While the typically coldest locations near the Salt River were near -10F such as Double L Ranch and at the Afton airport,  other higher elevation locations near the west slopes of the Salt Range such as in…

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 513 PM MST WED DEC 12 2018 SNOW OCCURRED OVER WESTERN WYOMING TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LESS SNOW FELL ACROSS THE CENTRAL WYOMING AREA. ADDITIONAL REPORTS WILL LIKELY COME IN LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. LOCATION SNOWFALL BIG HORN COUNTY… BALD MOUNTAIN SNOTEL… 2 INCHES. BONE SPRINGS DIVIDE SNOTEL… 1 INCH. FREMONT COUNTY… BURROUGHS CREEK SNOTEL… 2 INCHES. CASTLE CREEK SNOTEL… 1 INCH. LITTLE WARM SNOTEL… 1 INCH. SOUTH PASS SNOTEL……

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