We have about 3 to 4 feet of snow in most areas of the Big Horn Mtns on the ground now. The wind in WY moves the snow to elsewhere quickly. You can have areas completely blown dry and drifts 20 foot deep close by. It is a guessing game on the total snow because of the wind factor.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
348 AM MST SUN JAN 20 2008
A WINTER STORM WILL INTENSIFY TODAY...SPREADING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 20 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITY. ADDITIONALLY...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BE FOUND OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TEMPERATURES WITH STRONGER WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 30 BELOW ZERO.
Here is a pic of my ex-VMC as I drove it along the county road to the trailer taking it to WA state last Friday. It now has a new home near Yakima and I own one less snow cat.
The snow is piled 4+ foot deep along the road and 6 inches in the open where the wind has blown it into South Dakota and Nebraska. I hope the wind settles down as I see that as part of the global climate change in our area due to the hot air spewed by Al Gore and its affects on WY weather.