Spot Weather Conditions and Forecast in Snake Valley

Want to know what the weather is in the valley? Sure! Weather is something we all check regularly. However, with over 8,000 feet elevation difference from the valley bottom to the mountain tops, we don't just have one weather, we have many different weather conditions in different microhabitats.

Fortunately, in the southern part of Snake Valley, we have a huge array of climate sensor that go up and over the mountain. Many of these are thanks to the NevCan Project, which the Desert Research Institute coordinates. In addition, other climate stations include those by NDOT, NRCS Snotel, NOAA, and the Western Research Climate Center. You can find most of these, all on one web page:
http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/hdfForecast?query=baker%2C+nv

If you go to the middle of the page, you can click on the grey "Station Select" button. This gives you an image of the local stations (like the one above, although I zoomed in a bit to get the image you see). From the list on the left, you can see the current temperature at each station. This morning, it's -14 degrees up at the Wheeler Peak campground (station 6) and 3 degrees F near the Border Inn (station 10).  If you click on the station, you can get the forecast for that site. And it sure can vary a lot--the Border Inn is not expected to get above freezing and will be under an inversion midweek. Meanwhile, the Wheeler Peak campground will get above freezing and have clear skies.

It's fun to play around with this site. It's not perfect: if you do a search for EskDale, UT, you end up seeing a map for EskDale, WV. Nevertheless, it's the best weather compilation I've seen so far, and I've bookmarked it on my computer.