Star Valley Weather

National Weather Service Riverton WY 530 AM MDT Mon Oct 28 2019 …An Arctic front will bring snow and frigid temperatures to Wyoming Monday through Tuesday… .An arctic front will bring another round of snow, along with bitter cold temperatures, to areas of western and central Wyoming. Areas west of the Divide will be more impacted by snow with this storm. Snow will begin to end from north to south, with light snow continuing over central portions and west of…

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 0107 PM MDT SUN OCT 27 2019 …PRELIMINARY SNOWFALL REPORTS… THE FOLLOWING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE PRELIMINARY REPORTS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING. REPORTS ARE FROM SATURDAY OCTOBER 26TH, THROUGH THIS MORNING. AMOUNTS WILL BE UPDATED AS REPORTS ARE RECEIVED. NOTES: LOCATION OF REPORTS ARE REFERENCED FROM CITY CENTER. SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM SNOTEL (SNOW TELEMETRY) SITES ARE ESTIMATED AND BASED ON SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT. LOCATION AMOUNT TIME/DATE ELEVATION (FT.) …WYOMING… …FREMONT COUNTY… LANDER…

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The morning view from space of the water vapor imagery provides an ominous pattern developing  over the Eastern Pacific as a very strong upper level ridge develops northward into Alaska. The following sequence of 500mb charts display the response downstream over the Rockies the next few days.   500mb Chart Saturday morning October 26 2019   500mb forecast Monday morning October 28 2019 500 mb forecast Wednesday morning October  30 2019 This pattern will bring an unprecedented cold outbreak into…

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National Weather Service Riverton WY 1015 AM MDT Sun Oct 20 2019 …PRELIMINARY SNOWFALL REPORTS… Below are 24-hour snowfall reports through 9 AM Sunday. Notes: Location of reports are referenced from city center. Snowfall reports from SNOTEL (Snow Telemetry) sites are estimated and based on snow water equivalent. Location Amount Time/Date Elevation (ft.) …Wyoming… …Fremont County… Dubois 0.5 in 0600 AM 10/20 6955 …Lincoln County… Thayne 2SE 3.3 in 0700 AM 10/20 6086 Bedford 3SE 3.0 in 0600 AM 10/20…

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National Weather Service Riverton WY 1037 AM MDT Sat Oct 19 2019 …Winter Storm Warning and Advisories across much of Western Wyoming Today through Sunday Morning… .A fall storm system will impact western Wyoming today and Sunday with significant snowfall over much of western Wyoming. The heaviest snowfall is expected this afternoon through midnight tonight. Jackson Hole-Star Valley- Including the cities of Jackson, Afton, Alpine, Star Valley Ranch, and Thayne 1037 AM MDT Sat Oct 19 2019 …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY…

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A series of weather systems will be crossing  the region through the weekend. The most significant is expected later Saturday and Saturday night bringing the snow levels down to the valley floor, including Star Valley.  Following are the expected conditions as forecast by the Weather Offices in Riverton and Pocatello    

CLOUD SEEDING IN STAR VALLEY AND WESTERN WYOMING-AN UPDATE 2019  This  is an update of the blog posted in December 2014 about Cloud Seeding in Star Valley, Western Wyoming and Southeast Idaho Since our snow season is rapidly approaching and many may not have seen this blog the last time it was posted about two years ago, here it is again.   The Winter of 2019-2020 will be the 8th in which active cloud seeding will be conducted in Star…

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  Temperatures across Star Valley were all record breakers for the date. The coldest was a frigid 6 above zero at Double L Ranch northwest of Etna The coldest in the region was at West Yellowstone where several readings were from 8 below to 11 below zero. Temperatures have in the record book never been this cold so early in the Fall going back over 100 years. 854 AM MDT Fri Oct 11 2019 …LOW TEMPERATURE REPORTS… Location Temp Time/Date…

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Next week will begin with ideal Fall weather, Monday and Tuesday, followed be an abrupt turn to much colder, early winter type weather on Wednesday and Thursday.  A very strong upper trough will move across the Rockies Wednesday accompanied by strong winds, some snow and cold. After a mild afternoon on Tuesday, temperatures by Wednesday afternoon will be from 20-30 degrees  colder across western Wyoming and southeast Idaho.   Thursday morning will experience the coldest temperatures of the Fall so…

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