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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 TUESDAY: APRIL 8 , 2003 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BASIN ELEV. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT TOTAL PRECIPITATION Data Site Name (Ft) % % Current Average Avg Current Average Avg ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WYOMING SNAKE RIVER BASE CAMP 7030 20.3 17.5 116 22.9 22.3 103 COTTONWOOD CREEK 7600 24.0 24.0 100 25.1 28.8 87 GRANITE CREEK 6770 14.5 17.8 81 17.4 20.6 84 GRASSY LAKE 7265 33.5 36.5 92 34.0 37.4 91 GROS VENTRE SUMMIT 8775 13.3 14.5 92 12.0 13.5 89 LEWIS LAKE DIVIDE 7860 35.2 36.2 97 30.8 38.2 81 PHILLIPS BENCH 8200 25.4 29.9 85 22.8 30.3 75 SALT RIVER SUMMIT 7600 12.5 14.5 86 14.6 19.6 74 SNAKE RIVER STATION 6920 15.6 18.4 85 21.8 23.2 94 SPRING CREEK DIVIDE 9000 26.3 27.7 95 24.2 27.6 88 THUMB DIVIDE 7980 16.6 18.9 88 16.9 19.8 85 TOGWOTEE PASS 9580 24.5 25.9 95 24.7 25.9 95 TWO OCEAN PLATEAU 9360 33.4 29.5 113 27.4 29.0 94 WILLOW CREEK 8450 30.7 31.2 98 34.7 33.8 103 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 95 89 UPPER YELLOWSTONE-MADISON BEARTOOTH LAKE 9275 26.8 24.6 109 23.0 21.0 110 BLACK BEAR 8170 -M 40.3 * -M 42.0 * CANYON 8090 14.3 13.9 103 15.2 16.1 94 FISHER CREEK 9100 37.3 36.2 103 34.6 38.0 91 MADISON PLATEAU 7750 20.4 25.8 79 20.3 27.9 73 NORTHEAST ENTRANCE 7350 11.9 11.0 108 13.6 13.3 102 PARKER PEAK 9400 25.7 22.6 114 20.8 17.1 122 SYLVAN LAKE 8420 -M 23.5 * -M 21.9 * THUMB DIVIDE 7980 16.6 18.9 88 16.9 19.8 85 TWO OCEAN PLATEAU 9360 33.4 29.5 113 27.4 29.0 94 WHISKEY CREEK 6800 12.3 17.6 70 15.5 21.9 71 WHITE MILL 8700 27.7 25.3 109 23.8 28.2 84 WOLVERINE 7650 12.4 11.3 110 12.6 13.4 94 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 101 91 WIND RIVER BURROUGHS CREEK 8750 18.0 14.9 121 19.2 17.1 112 COLD SPRINGS 9630 9.2 8.1 114 10.8 11.4 95 DEER PARK 9700 15.8 17.1 92 18.4 23.2 79 HOBBS PARK 10100 15.4 15.9 97 13.7 13.8 99 LITTLE WARM 9370 10.2 12.2 84 11.5 14.3 80 SOUTH PASS 9040 14.7 17.2 85 15.0 19.6 77 ST. LAWRENCE ALT 8620 8.0 7.3 110 9.1 9.6 95 TOGWOTEE PASS 9580 24.5 25.9 95 24.7 25.9 95 TOWNSEND CREEK 8700 10.7 9.3 115 12.8 12.6 102 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 99 92 BIGHORN BASIN BALD MTN. 9380 19.9 20.9 95 18.0 18.4 98 BEAR TRAP MEADOW 8200 7.8 5.0 156 8.9 8.9 100 BLACKWATER 9780 26.5 25.9 102 23.0 21.6 106 BONE SPRINGS DIV 9350 18.3 17.0 108 17.0 15.5 110 EVENING STAR 9200 30.7 31.1 99 32.4 26.5 122 GRAVE SPRINGS 8550 7.1 10.1 70 8.4 10.5 80 KIRWIN 9550 12.6 11.9 106 13.3 12.0 111 MARQUETTE 8760 13.0 9.8 133 13.7 10.7 128 MIDDLE POWDER 7760 9.2 12.9 71 7.8 13.2 59 OWL CREEK 8975 7.1 5.4 131 6.5 6.4 102 POWDER RIVER PASS 9480 11.5 11.4 101 12.9 13.2 98 SHELL CREEK 9580 16.5 15.5 106 15.2 14.2 107 SYLVAN LAKE 8420 -M 23.5 * -M 21.9 * SYLVAN ROAD 7120 14.5 12.5 116 18.1 18.4 98 TIMBER CREEK 7950 6.5 5.8 112 7.8 8.1 96 YOUNTS PEAK 8350 16.9 17.7 95 16.9 16.9 100 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 102 103 SHOSHONE RIVER BLACKWATER 9780 26.5 25.9 102 23.0 21.6 106 EVENING STAR 9200 30.7 31.1 99 32.4 26.5 122 KIRWIN 9550 12.6 11.9 106 13.3 12.0 111 MARQUETTE 8760 13.0 9.8 133 13.7 10.7 128 SYLVAN LAKE 8420 -M 23.5 * -M 21.9 * SYLVAN ROAD 7120 14.5 12.5 116 18.1 18.4 98 YOUNTS PEAK 8350 16.9 17.7 95 16.9 16.9 100 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 105 111 POWDER-TONGUE BEAR TRAP MEADOW 8200 7.8 5.0 156 8.9 8.9 100 BIG GOOSE 7990 12.5 11.6 108 14.0 9.5 147 BONE SPRINGS DIV 9350 18.3 17.0 108 17.0 15.5 110 BURGESS JUNCTION 7880 12.8 12.4 103 13.3 12.9 103 CLOUD PEAK RESERVOIR 9860 17.0 14.4 118 14.7 13.9 106 DOME LAKE 8880 15.1 13.3 114 15.7 14.0 112 GRAVE SPRINGS 8550 7.1 10.1 70 8.4 10.5 80 HANSEN SAWMILL 8360 9.7 6.3 154 11.0 8.9 124 MIDDLE POWDER 7760 9.2 12.9 71 7.8 13.2 59 POWDER RIVER PASS 9480 11.5 11.4 101 12.9 13.2 98 SUCKER CREEK 8880 15.3 12.7 120 16.1 14.5 111 TIE CREEK 6870 7.8 5.7 137 13.4 10.7 125 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 109 105 BELLE FOURCHE BLIND PARK 6890 7.8 8.1 96 10.5 11.8 89 COLE CANYON 5910 3.6 -M * 6.7 -M * NORTH RAPID CREEK 6130 5.5 8.6 64 8.3 9.3 89 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 80 89 UPPER N. PLATTE RIVER COLUMBINE 9400 23.2 24.9 93 25.1 26.2 96 DIVIDE PEAK 8800 22.7 20.4 111 21.7 21.6 100 ELK RIVER 8700 18.6 19.6 95 19.9 20.5 97 JOE WRIGHT 10120 25.8 22.6 114 29.5 26.1 113 NORTH FRENCH CREEK 10100 32.5 31.1 105 30.8 25.9 119 OLD BATTLE 10000 31.2 33.5 93 34.5 36.0 96 SAGE CREEK BASIN 7850 11.5 11.8 97 12.9 12.6 102 SOUTH BRUSH CREEK 8400 14.5 13.2 110 18.0 17.3 104 TOWER 10500 45.4 47.6 95 33.7 40.1 84 WEBBER SPRINGS 9200 22.9 26.2 87 26.0 27.8 94 WILLOW CREEK PASS 9540 16.1 12.8 126 14.3 13.6 105 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 100 100 LOWER N. PLATTE - SWEETWATER - LARAMIE BROOKLYN LAKE 10240 18.6 25.2 74 21.7 23.2 94 CASPER MTN. 7900 15.6 15.7 99 12.4 15.6 79 DEADMAN HILL 10220 14.9 17.4 86 18.5 17.9 103 DEER PARK 9700 15.8 17.1 92 18.4 23.2 79 LAPRELE CREEK 8320 8.7 10.6 82 11.1 13.5 82 RENO HILL 8400 13.2 15.1 87 14.2 16.2 88 ROACH 9700 18.0 17.8 101 20.2 19.6 103 SAND LAKE 10080 27.2 33.9 80 23.6 25.4 93 SOUTH PASS 9040 14.7 17.2 85 15.0 19.6 77 WINDY PEAK 7840 9.9 8.1 122 11.8 11.3 104 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 88 90 LITTLE SNAKE RIVER BATTLE MOUNTAIN 7440 11.6 9.8 118 15.7 16.5 95 DIVIDE PEAK 8800 22.7 20.4 111 21.7 21.6 100 OLD BATTLE 10000 31.2 33.5 93 34.5 36.0 96 SANDSTONE RS 8150 14.4 14.1 102 18.9 19.5 97 WHISKEY PARK 8950 28.7 30.5 94 28.1 30.0 94 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 100 96 UPPER GREEN RIVER BIG SANDY OPENING 9100 12.2 15.0 81 11.4 14.1 81 BLIND BULL SUM 8650 24.1 28.6 84 17.5 23.1 76 EAST RIM DIVIDE 7930 10.8 13.7 79 10.6 12.6 84 ELKHART PARK G.S. 9400 -M 13.8 * -M 14.0 * GROS VENTRE SUMMIT 8775 13.3 14.5 92 12.0 13.5 89 KENDALL R.S. 7740 12.8 14.1 91 13.3 15.1 88 LOOMIS PARK 8240 18.6 17.3 108 16.5 18.1 91 NEW FORK LAKE 8340 11.4 11.3 101 -M 11.9 * SNIDER BASIN 8250 13.2 14.8 89 13.7 16.8 82 SPRING CREEK DIVIDE 9000 26.3 27.7 95 24.2 27.6 88 TRIPLE PEAK 8500 25.6 25.5 100 27.1 25.9 105 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 92 88 LOWER GREEN RIVER HAMS FORK 7840 12.5 11.0 114 11.1 12.9 86 HEWINTA 9500 11.6 12.2 95 12.7 15.4 82 HICKERSON PARK 9150 6.7 8.0 84 8.5 8.5 100 HOLE-IN-ROCK 9150 8.6 7.2 119 9.2 8.0 115 INDIAN CREEK 9425 24.4 28.9 84 20.3 26.6 76 KELLEY R.S. 8180 13.9 17.1 81 15.0 21.3 70 STEEL CREEK PARK 10100 13.8 16.6 83 13.8 17.2 80 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 91 82 UPPER BEAR RIVER BUG LAKE 7950 17.1 21.4 80 16.6 20.2 82 HAYDEN FORK 9400 15.3 16.6 92 18.5 22.1 84 KELLEY R.S. 8180 13.9 17.1 81 15.0 21.3 70 LILY LAKE 9050 12.8 14.0 91 14.9 18.4 81 MONTE CRISTO 8960 16.2 30.4 53 21.5 26.8 80 SALT RIVER SUMMIT 7600 12.5 14.5 86 14.6 19.6 74 TRIAL LAKE 9960 15.3 25.9 59 17.2 26.2 66 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 74 77 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -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 1971-2000. 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.