It's not often you hear of a snowstorm falling on top of a raging wildfire, but that's exactly what happened Friday in Idaho.
National Weather Service Incident Meteorologist Ryan Walbrun shared with us photos of the blanket of snow near the Elevenmile Fire burning in central Idaho.
Walbrun said 1-3 inches of snow blanketed an area in the Salmon-Challis National Forest Friday, where a forest fire has been burning since August 24. As of Saturday morning, the Elevenmile fire was only 20 percent contained and had charred 10,387 acres in a remote area west of Challis, Idaho. Containment isn't expected until mid-October.
The snowstorm was a mixed blessing for firefighters battling the blaze, reports Inciweb. While the storm helped to temporarily halt the fire's spread, snowy road conditions prevented access to the fire and no fireline construction was completed after the storm.
Winter weather advisories were issued by the National Weather Service for elevations above 6500 feet in western Montana and central Idaho, where up to 4 inches of snow was expected through early Sunday.
Story from: http://www.wunderground.com/news/snow-idaho-elevenmile-fire-sep2015
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