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usually this would mean a snow king rules day....except when it's rain in town. 36.7* at the house currently
It was pretty crazy at the Village last night - a pseudo carnival like atmosphere. Amazingly high winds at the base right when the power went out.
From the snow report this AM:
Wednesday, February 8th. Due to unforseen events from last nights storm Teton Village has been left without power. As a result, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort WILL NOT BE IN OPERATION THIS MORNING. We are working hard to resolve the problem and apologize for any inconvience this may cause. We will keep you posted on our operating status as events unfold. We thank you for your patience and understanding with this situation. Please stay tuned for operating status updates at Jacksonhole.com -MB
Lower Valley Energy
42 mins ·
Jackson, WY (2-8-17 8:04 am) Major outage that began yesterday evening near Teton Village. Seventeen transmission poles buckled on the Moose-Wilson road causing a major outage in Teton County.
The current game plan this morning is to clear snow to gain access to each transmission pole and then begin erecting temporary wooden poles.
The cause for the downed transmission lines are still not yet known though the area is experiencing higher than normal wind gusts (up to 90+ mph).
We currently estimate 3,500-4,000 customers are without power as of this writing. The areas affected include Teton Village, the airport, Solitude, John Dodge and Bar B Bar.
We began re-routing power last night - we expect power to be out for at least several days in some areas.
All Lower Valley Energy crews have been dispatched along with crews from 5 neighboring utilities heading here to assist.
one of the power poles.
Attachment 199417
17 poles! :eek:
Holy Cow! No Village today!
5 to 7 days according to lower valley energy
17 steel three phase poles snapped
https://www.facebook.com/LowerValleyEnergy
Being in the utility industry, that's pretty amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
Pussies. We had 100+mph winds at Mammoth for the last two days and the mountain still operated. Granted they were down to one shitty little chair, a poma and a platter (the last two serving about 50 vertical feet) but still...;-)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
How does that even happen? Bad metallurgy or welding?Quote:
Originally Posted by 2FUNKY
This might explain things
Attachment 199429
Attachment 199430
Dam. Must of been a microburst or something.
Steel power poles snapped!? Insane. Gust must have been north of 100mph. Edit: Just saw the graph above. Wow.
Airport is still having issues getting backup power going. The DEN-JAC flight I was scheduled on last night still hasn't left (glad I cancelled, though my skis are MIA). Also saw a flood watch notice for tomorrow in the valley due to rain. WTF?
Where is coffin and how are the winds so much higher then the summit? Definitely doesn't look like a microburst or convective event though, seems like it was sustained for several hours.
http://www.jhavalanche.org/stations.phpQuote:
Originally Posted by wordbird
wow i don't know shit but shouldn't they be able to withstand 150mph winds?
Who was night creature last night?
Wyoming Range, south of Alpine.Quote:
Originally Posted by wordbird
Does the resort have backup power of its own? Generators?
Am heading to Jackson early next week...
Yeah but coffin is the only one with high winds and its 70 miles south.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
Right, but it shows the winds that were aloft.Quote:
Originally Posted by powdork
This was no 90mph gustAttachment 199433
132 gusting to 165mph is pretty gnarly
2-8-2017 Mount Coffin 15 data 10870'
Date Time Battery Air RH Wind Wind Max
Temp Speed Dir Gust
----------------------------------------------------------------
02/07 18:00 12.7 22 96 132 274 159
02/07 17:45 12.7 22 96 132 270 165
02/07 17:30 12.7 22 96 122 271 161
02/07 17:15 12.8 22 96 108 269 151
02/07 17:00 12.8 22 96 108 268 140
02/07 16:45 12.8 22 96 102 269 133
02/07 16:30 12.8 23 96 96 271 120
02/07 16:15 12.9 23 96 88 267 110
02/07 16:00 12.9 23 96 85 270 101
02/07 15:45 12.8 23 96 86 273 109
02/07 15:30 12.9 23 96 86 272 108
02/07 15:15 12.8 23 96 83 274 109
02/07 15:00 12.8 22 96 74 273 102
02/07 14:45 12.7 22 96 73 273 99
02/07 14:30 12.7 22 96 67 266 96
02/07 14:15 12.7 22 95 65 264 88
02/07 14:00 12.7 21 95 67 260 81
02/07 13:45 12.7 21 95 73 261 94
02/07 13:30 12.7 21 95 68 257 89
02/07 13:15 12.7 21 95 65 256 92
02/07 13:00 12.7 21 95 53 247 83
02/07 12:45 12.7 20 95 41 245 71
02/07 12:30 12.7 20 95 1 242 50
Nothing like that at the summit though
Jackson Hole Summit 15 minute data 10450'
Date Time Air Wind Wind Max
Temp Speed Dir Gust
Summit T5 T5 T5
------------------------------------------------
02/07 18:00 23 39 244 65
02/07 17:45 23 37 243 65
02/07 17:30 23 46 236 75
02/07 17:15 23 41 242 68
02/07 17:00 22 38 243 62
02/07 16:45 22 40 246 61
02/07 16:30 21 38 241 59
02/07 16:15 21 39 237 58
02/07 16:00 21 39 239 59
Anybody on the ground have any info on potential resort opening thurs? (realize that may not be possible due to no power so no comms, but I heard cell phones are working). I'm flying to slc tonight planned on driving to Jackson and be on the hill tomorrow (also realize the drive is probably going to suck balls at this point).Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
But if they're not gonna open I might just stay in slc and ski Alta thurs. Any info is appreciated
As FYI I'm staying at snake river lodge and they just told me they're operating on genny and are still accepting guests.
Jackson Hole closed for the next 5 DAYS!!!
UPDATE: Power may be out for 5-7 days. Evacuation order NOT issued for Teton Village. Roads closed.
***UPDATE 12:45PM 2/8/17
Per WYDOT
Hwy 22 Teton Pass is still CLOSED. Anticipated opening after 4pm today.
US 191 Hoback - Bondurant is OPEN.
US 89/191/26 Moose to Moran is OPEN, but No unecessary travel is advised.
Gros Ventre Rd North of Kelly is still CLOSED
*NO evacuation orders have been issued for Teton Village or any other areas in Teton County. It has been strongly encouraged for people to leave areas impacted by power outages due to the limited services available in these areas.
Holy shit!!Quote:
Originally Posted by media310
From the JHMR website:
Wednesday, February 8th. 10:40 AM UPDATE
Due to a massive wind storm last night, a significant number of power poles along Highway 390 were blown down, causing Teton Village to lose power. This power outage is being addressed by Lower Valley Energy, but the significance of this damage will be impacting Teton Village for up to seven days. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR) will not be operating until further notice. All events scheduled for this week and weekend will be canceled, specifically Skijoring and Special Olympics.
Safety is the first concern for JHMR visitors and staff, and JHMR is asking for only specific operational staff come to Teton Village today and request that no unnecessary travel to Teton Village is in effect until further notice. With another weather system coming into the area tonight, there is a winter storm watch in effect for the higher elevations. Warming temperatures could result in possible flooding in the valley, making conditions challenging for many reasons. JHMR is seriously enforcing no uphill travel this week and asks everyone to stay off the mountain. JHMR will be issuing refunds for all visitors, but at this time, we do not have a location to process those refunds. Updates on operations and incident information will be updated as they come in on this page.
Teton Village Fire Department will be providing emergency services throughout this incident, and will be updating hotels and businesses as information comes in. The Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce and Jackson Hole Central Reservation will be assisting with lodging and travel options for displaced guests.
Umm.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkiboyJ
I'd say stay at Alta
Sounds like my father's side at the wedding.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
Jesus. Hope they get the airport up by next week when we come in...
Holy shit, Benny made a funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
Orangerangutan in the White Hose. Bunny making funnies. JH closed for at least 5 out of the next 7 days. This truly is the end times :eek:
Doesn't matter what winds were aloft the power poles were on the ground. If 90MPH did that, some heads need to roll at the power company.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
Since the poles seemed to fail at the same point they need start looking a manufacturing issues.
Except they didn't. Microbursts can break shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by hutash
Attachment 199437
So are there actually weather stations in the valley that recorded the winds accurately? Was it a downslope wind from a non prevailing rare direction, or convective microburst event? This doesn't make any sense to me.
Have to wonder how the storms heading there now will affect the 5-7 day schedule too.
yea forecast for the next few days looks sketchy
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY...
...FLOOD WATCH FOR THE VALLEYS FROM THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT...
.DISCUSSION...
Today there will be a relative lull as a flat ridge moves across the
area. However, the break will not last long as yet another Pacific
moves in from the west with another bout of precipitation. This
system will be warmer than the previous couple however.
Precipitation should start as snow but mix with and change over the
rain from south to north from late tonight into Thursday below
around 8000 feet. Most lower elevations may be mainly rain into
Thursday evening when there could be a change back to snow. This
could cause rapid melting of the snow. Meanwhile, heavy snow will
fall in the mountains through Friday with over a foot of new snow
likely for many area. This snow will be a heavy, wet snow that will
likely increase avalanche danger on Thursday and into Friday. Drier
and more settled weather should move in for the weekend.
^welcome to tahoe can i get you something to drink?
That pic is unreal... The only time I have ever seen anything like that is when a tornado touched down briefly close to where I live and that is what it looked like... I would think with winds like that there would have been damage to other structures as well...Quote:
Originally Posted by uglymoney
My guess is this is going to take some time to repair and get power back to affected areas... The area that was hit by the tornado took over a week to repair all of the damaged poles and that was without snow and winter weather...
I'll take a vodka tonic if you're sincerely offering