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Wyoming Snow Precipitation Update

United States Natural Resources Water and Climate Center Department of Conservation Portland, Oregon Agriculture Service S N O W - P R E C I P I T A T I O N U P D A T E Based on Mountain Data from NRCS SNOTEL Sites As of WEDNESDAY: JANUARY 30 , 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BASIN ELEV. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT TOTAL PRECIPITATION Data Site Name (Ft) % % Current Average Avg Current Average Avg ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WYOMING SNAKE RIVER BASE CAMP 7030 11.7 12.4 94 18.2 14.6 125 COTTONWOOD CREEK 7670 13.4 14.0 96 16.0 18.4 87 GRAND TARGHEE 9260 31.6 -M * 22.3 -M * GRANITE CREEK 6770 10.3 12.1 85 15.9 13.5 118 GRASSY LAKE 7265 18.8 22.5 84 26.7 24.6 109 GROS VENTRE SUMMIT 8750 8.9 9.3 96 10.2 8.5 120 GUNSIGHT PASS 9820 6.0 -M * 9.9 -M * LEWIS LAKE DIVIDE 7850 20.1 22.6 89 25.7 24.5 105 PHILLIPS BENCH 8200 18.5 18.2 102 22.0 19.2 115 SALT RIVER SUMMIT 7760 6.9 9.0 77 9.1 12.4 73 SNAKE RIVER STATION 6920 10.3 12.3 84 18.2 15.3 119 SPRING CREEK DIVIDE 9000 13.1 17.1 77 13.6 18.0 76 THUMB DIVIDE 7980 10.8 11.5 94 13.8 12.5 110 TOGWOTEE PASS 9580 17.9 16.6 108 19.7 16.6 119 TWO OCEAN PLATEAU 9240 24.7 18.6 133 21.0 18.2 115 WILLOW CREEK 8380 17.2 19.9 86 22.7 21.5 106 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 94 106 UPPER YELLOWSTONE-MADISON BEARTOOTH LAKE 9360 16.6 16.0 104 15.8 13.8 114 BLACK BEAR 8170 31.1 25.2 123 29.9 25.6 117 CANYON 7870 11.3 8.8 128 14.5 10.6 137 FISHER CREEK 9100 28.0 23.4 120 25.7 24.2 106 MADISON PLATEAU 7750 19.6 15.9 123 22.9 17.2 133 NORTHEAST ENTRANCE 7350 5.2 7.5 69 9.2 8.8 105 PARKER PEAK 9400 16.7 14.5 115 16.1 10.9 148 SYLVAN LAKE 8420 13.9 14.8 94 18.3 14.6 125 THUMB DIVIDE 7980 10.8 11.5 94 13.8 12.5 110 TWO OCEAN PLATEAU 9240 24.7 18.6 133 21.0 18.2 115 WHISKEY CREEK 6800 12.4 10.9 114 17.9 13.6 132 WHITE MILL 8700 17.3 15.8 109 18.3 18.0 102 WOLVERINE 7650 5.8 8.6 67 9.2 9.1 101 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 111 118 WIND RIVER BURROUGHS CREEK 8750 10.5 10.0 105 13.2 11.1 119 COLD SPRINGS 9630 3.9 5.9 66 6.8 7.0 97 DEER PARK 9700 9.0 11.6 78 12.9 14.3 90 HOBBS PARK 10100 8.3 9.7 86 9.0 8.1 111 LITTLE WARM 9370 6.4 7.7 83 9.3 9.0 103 SOUTH PASS 9040 7.9 11.2 71 10.9 12.0 91 ST. LAWRENCE ALT 8620 3.7 4.7 79 5.5 5.6 98 TOGWOTEE PASS 9580 17.9 16.6 108 19.7 16.6 119 TOWNSEND CREEK 8700 4.5 5.5 82 7.7 7.2 107 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 87 105 BIGHORN BASIN BALD MTN. 9380 10.5 13.2 80 10.7 11.6 92 BEAR TRAP MEADOW 8200 5.6 3.5 160 6.4 5.4 119 BLACKWATER 9780 16.3 16.3 100 15.3 14.0 109 BONE SPRINGS DIV 9350 10.0 10.5 95 12.5 9.5 132 EVENING STAR 9200 18.7 19.4 96 21.1 17.3 122 GRAVE SPRINGS 8550 5.4 5.6 96 5.9 6.3 94 KIRWIN 9550 8.5 7.6 112 9.9 7.5 132 MARQUETTE 8760 2.0 5.9 34 6.5 6.1 107 MIDDLE POWDER 7760 6.2 7.1 87 5.9 8.2 72 OWL CREEK 8975 3.6 3.4 106 5.0 3.6 139 POWDER RIVER PASS 9480 7.6 7.1 107 9.5 8.2 116 SHELL CREEK 9580 10.4 9.8 106 10.5 9.1 115 SYLVAN LAKE 8420 13.9 14.8 94 18.3 14.6 125 SYLVAN ROAD 7120 7.1 8.6 83 15.5 13.1 118 TIMBER CREEK 7950 2.2 3.6 61 6.0 4.4 136 YOUNTS PEAK 8350 11.2 11.8 95 12.5 11.2 112 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 94 114 SHOSHONE RIVER BLACKWATER 9780 16.3 16.3 100 15.3 14.0 109 EVENING STAR 9200 18.7 19.4 96 21.1 17.3 122 KIRWIN 9550 8.5 7.6 112 9.9 7.5 132 MARQUETTE 8760 2.0 5.9 34 6.5 6.1 107 SYLVAN LAKE 8420 13.9 14.8 94 18.3 14.6 125 SYLVAN ROAD 7120 7.1 8.6 83 15.5 13.1 118 YOUNTS PEAK 8350 11.2 11.8 95 12.5 11.2 112 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 92 118 POWDER-TONGUE BEAR TRAP MEADOW 8200 5.6 3.5 160 6.4 5.4 119 BIG GOOSE 7990 5.4 5.9 92 8.4 5.5 153 BONE SPRINGS DIV 9350 10.0 10.5 95 12.5 9.5 132 BURGESS JUNCTION 7880 7.2 7.3 99 9.0 7.8 115 CLOUD PEAK RESERVOIR 9860 9.2 7.9 116 10.4 8.1 128 DOME LAKE 8880 6.7 7.8 86 9.9 8.6 115 GRAVE SPRINGS 8550 5.4 5.6 96 5.9 6.3 94 HANSEN SAWMILL 8360 4.1 4.2 98 6.3 5.2 121 MIDDLE POWDER 7760 6.2 7.1 87 5.9 8.2 72 POWDER RIVER PASS 9480 7.6 7.1 107 9.5 8.2 116 SUCKER CREEK 8880 8.3 7.1 117 10.4 8.7 120 TIE CREEK 6870 3.9 3.9 100 7.9 6.7 118 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 102 116 BELLE FOURCHE BLIND PARK 6890 3.7 5.2 71 6.3 7.7 82 COLE CANYON 5910 3.2 4.4 73 4.6 4.6 100 NORTH RAPID CREEK 6130 4.3 4.9 88 5.1 6.2 82 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 77 86 UPPER N. PLATTE RIVER COLUMBINE 9160 15.2 16.0 95 17.6 16.4 107 DIVIDE PEAK 8880 15.1 12.8 118 15.1 13.5 112 ELK RIVER 8700 14.3 11.9 120 14.5 12.5 116 JOE WRIGHT 10120 14.1 13.6 104 16.9 15.9 106 NORTH FRENCH CREEK 10130 19.8 18.1 109 19.9 16.1 124 OLD BATTLE 10000 20.6 19.7 105 24.7 22.0 112 SAGE CREEK BASIN 7850 11.5 7.4 155 12.8 7.8 164 SOUTH BRUSH CREEK 8440 8.1 7.3 111 11.4 10.7 107 TOWER 10500 25.2 29.5 85 25.6 25.0 102 WEBBER SPRINGS 9250 16.1 15.8 102 19.2 17.8 108 WILLOW CREEK PASS 9540 10.7 7.4 145 10.8 8.2 132 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 107 114 LOWER N. PLATTE - SWEETWATER - LARAMIE BROOKLYN LAKE 10240 12.9 15.1 85 13.9 14.0 99 CASPER MTN. 7900 6.6 8.9 74 9.1 8.8 103 DEADMAN HILL 10220 10.7 10.4 103 10.9 10.4 105 DEER PARK 9700 9.0 11.6 78 12.9 14.3 90 LAPRELE CREEK 8375 -M 7.1 * -M 8.0 * RENO HILL 8400 7.1 8.3 86 8.9 9.2 97 ROACH 9700 12.7 10.8 118 15.1 11.5 131 SAND LAKE 10050 17.3 19.6 88 17.4 15.7 111 SOUTH PASS 9040 7.9 11.2 71 10.9 12.0 91 WINDY PEAK 7900 4.8 4.4 109 6.3 6.9 91 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 89 103 LITTLE SNAKE RIVER BATTLE MOUNTAIN 7440 10.1 7.6 133 11.5 9.7 119 DIVIDE PEAK 8880 15.1 12.8 118 15.1 13.5 112 OLD BATTLE 10000 20.6 19.7 105 24.7 22.0 112 SANDSTONE RS 8150 11.0 9.4 117 14.1 12.3 115 WHISKEY PARK 8950 18.4 18.1 102 21.8 19.1 114 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 111 114 UPPER GREEN RIVER BIG SANDY OPENING 9080 8.1 9.4 86 8.4 8.9 94 BLIND BULL SUM 8650 14.3 18.1 79 11.9 15.2 78 EAST RIM DIVIDE 7930 4.6 8.3 55 7.0 8.0 88 ELKHART PARK G.S. 9400 6.6 8.6 77 7.6 8.8 86 GROS VENTRE SUMMIT 8750 8.9 9.3 96 10.2 8.5 120 GUNSIGHT PASS 9820 6.0 -M * 9.9 -M * KENDALL R.S. 7740 6.9 9.6 72 8.8 9.6 92 LOOMIS PARK 8240 9.4 11.0 85 10.9 11.6 94 NEW FORK LAKE 8340 5.4 7.5 72 5.9 7.8 76 SNIDER BASIN 8060 6.9 9.6 72 8.2 10.9 75 SPRING CREEK DIVIDE 9000 13.1 17.1 77 13.6 18.0 76 TRIPLE PEAK 8500 13.3 16.4 81 16.4 15.9 103 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 78 88 LOWER GREEN RIVER HAMS FORK 7840 6.2 8.2 76 6.0 8.2 73 HEWINTA 9519 6.0 6.5 92 10.8 9.2 117 HICKERSON PARK 9145 3.3 4.3 77 5.9 5.1 116 HOLE-IN-ROCK 9150 2.7 4.0 68 6.2 4.7 132 INDIAN CREEK 9425 13.1 17.3 76 12.3 16.5 75 KELLEY R.S. 8180 8.0 10.4 77 10.5 13.7 77 STEEL CREEK PARK 10200 8.2 9.2 89 12.0 10.0 120 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 79 95 UPPER BEAR RIVER BUG LAKE 7950 9.5 12.9 74 10.1 12.7 80 HAYDEN FORK 9212 11.2 9.6 117 14.5 13.4 108 KELLEY R.S. 8180 8.0 10.4 77 10.5 13.7 77 LILY LAKE 9156 8.4 8.0 105 10.9 11.3 96 MONTE CRISTO 8960 16.5 17.7 93 16.8 16.4 102 SALT RIVER SUMMIT 7760 6.9 9.0 77 9.1 12.4 73 TRIAL LAKE 9992 12.0 15.3 78 14.8 15.6 95 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 87 91 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -M = Missing data * = Data may not provide a valid measure of conditions. Units = inches for the Current and Average Snow Water Equivalent and Total Precipitation values If the Basin wide percent of average value is flagged as potentially invalid, care should be taken to evaluate if the value is representative of conditions in the basin. The SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT Percent of Average represents the snow water equivalent found at selected SNOTEL sites in or near the basin compared to the average value for those sites on this day. The TOTAL PRECIPITATION Percent of Average represents the total precipitation (beginning October 1st) found at selected SNOTEL sites in or near the basin compared to the average value for those sites on this day. Contact your state water supply staff for assistance. Reference period for average conditions is 1961-90. Provisional data, subject to revision. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -M = Missing data * = Data may not provide a valid measure of conditions. Units = inches for the Current and Normal Snow Water Equivalent and Total Precipitation values If the Basin Index (%) value is flagged as potentially invalid, care should be taken to evaluate if the value is representative of conditions in the basin. The SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT Percent of Median represents the snow water equivalent found at selected SNOTEL sites in or near the basin compared to the Median value for those sites on this day. The TOTAL PRECIPITATION Percent of Average represents the total precipitation (beginning October 1st) found at selected SNOTEL sites in or near the basin compared to the Average value for those sites on this day. Contact your state water supply staff for assistance. Medians and averages are calculated for the period 1981-2010. Provisional data, subject to revision. * Site -- Either: (a) the current value is missing; (b) the median or average for the day is not available or is zero; or (c) for snow water equivalent, the median for the day is less than 10% of the maximum median value for the year. * Basin - More than half of the sites within the basin are flagged with *, preventing the calculation of a meaningful basin index. The basin index is calculated as the sum of the valid current values divided by the sum of the corresponding medians (for snow water equivalent) or averages (for precipitation) and the resulting fraction multiplied by 100.