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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 THURSDAY: JANUARY 8 , 2004 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BASIN ELEV. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT TOTAL PRECIPITATION Data Site Name (Ft) % % Current Average Avg Current Average Avg ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WYOMING SNAKE RIVER BASE CAMP 7030 13.0 9.2 141 13.7 11.4 120 COTTONWOOD CREEK 7600 12.0 10.8 111 12.9 14.7 88 GRANITE CREEK 6770 11.6 8.7 133 12.4 10.4 119 GRASSY LAKE 7265 22.2 16.6 134 22.0 19.0 116 GROS VENTRE SUMMIT 8775 7.3 7.5 97 6.7 6.9 97 LEWIS LAKE DIVIDE 7860 21.0 16.6 127 21.5 19.2 112 PHILLIPS BENCH 8200 16.3 13.9 117 16.6 14.9 111 SALT RIVER SUMMIT 7600 8.3 6.2 134 9.1 9.8 93 SNAKE RIVER STATION 6920 13.5 8.9 152 14.8 12.0 123 SPRING CREEK DIVIDE 9000 12.9 13.6 95 12.5 14.2 88 THUMB DIVIDE 7980 12.8 8.6 149 12.0 9.9 121 TOGWOTEE PASS 9580 12.8 12.9 99 13.0 13.1 99 TWO OCEAN PLATEAU 9360 17.6 14.8 119 15.6 14.6 107 WILLOW CREEK 8450 16.7 15.7 106 18.2 16.9 108 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 121 107 UPPER YELLOWSTONE-MADISON BEARTOOTH LAKE 9275 11.6 12.7 91 11.7 10.9 107 BLACK BEAR 8170 26.0 19.3 135 24.1 19.5 124 CANYON 8090 7.3 6.8 107 8.3 8.5 98 FISHER CREEK 9100 18.4 18.2 101 -M 18.8 * MADISON PLATEAU 7750 15.8 12.4 127 15.4 13.6 113 NORTHEAST ENTRANCE 7350 4.2 5.7 74 6.7 7.0 96 PARKER PEAK 9400 11.2 11.6 97 8.9 8.9 100 SYLVAN LAKE 8420 10.1 11.6 87 12.4 11.9 104 THUMB DIVIDE 7980 12.8 8.6 149 12.0 9.9 121 TWO OCEAN PLATEAU 9360 17.6 14.8 119 15.6 14.6 107 WHISKEY CREEK 6800 11.6 8.3 140 13.1 10.8 121 WHITE MILL 8700 10.5 12.4 85 12.3 14.0 88 WOLVERINE 7650 6.0 6.5 92 6.1 7.5 81 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 110 107 WIND RIVER BURROUGHS CREEK 8750 7.5 7.7 97 8.5 8.7 98 COLD SPRINGS 9630 3.6 4.9 73 3.8 6.0 63 DEER PARK 9700 10.4 7.9 132 12.2 11.7 104 HOBBS PARK 10100 6.9 8.2 84 6.2 6.8 91 LITTLE WARM 9370 4.9 5.9 83 5.8 7.2 81 SOUTH PASS 9040 10.7 8.9 120 10.6 9.9 107 ST. LAWRENCE ALT 8620 2.9 4.0 72 3.4 4.8 71 TOGWOTEE PASS 9580 12.8 12.9 99 13.0 13.1 99 TOWNSEND CREEK 8700 5.0 4.7 106 5.7 6.3 90 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 99 93 BIGHORN BASIN BALD MTN. 9380 9.2 10.7 86 8.2 9.2 89 BEAR TRAP MEADOW 8200 4.0 2.8 143 4.0 4.7 85 BLACKWATER 9780 14.1 13.1 108 12.5 11.6 108 BONE SPRINGS DIV 9350 7.7 8.6 90 8.2 7.8 105 EVENING STAR 9200 12.6 15.2 83 15.4 14.0 110 GRAVE SPRINGS 8550 5.9 4.5 131 4.9 5.2 94 KIRWIN 9550 3.9 6.4 61 4.9 6.3 78 MARQUETTE 8760 4.3 5.2 83 4.8 5.5 87 MIDDLE POWDER 7760 6.6 5.9 112 5.3 7.1 75 OWL CREEK 8975 2.2 2.8 79 2.3 3.1 74 POWDER RIVER PASS 9480 6.2 5.8 107 6.9 6.5 106 SHELL CREEK 9580 8.2 7.9 104 8.0 7.3 110 SYLVAN LAKE 8420 10.1 11.6 87 12.4 11.9 104 SYLVAN ROAD 7120 7.5 6.9 109 9.8 10.8 91 TIMBER CREEK 7950 2.1 3.1 68 2.7 3.9 69 YOUNTS PEAK 8350 5.8 8.9 65 8.2 8.9 92 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 92 96 SHOSHONE RIVER BLACKWATER 9780 14.1 13.1 108 12.5 11.6 108 EVENING STAR 9200 12.6 15.2 83 15.4 14.0 110 KIRWIN 9550 3.9 6.4 61 4.9 6.3 78 MARQUETTE 8760 4.3 5.2 83 4.8 5.5 87 SYLVAN LAKE 8420 10.1 11.6 87 12.4 11.9 104 SYLVAN ROAD 7120 7.5 6.9 109 9.8 10.8 91 YOUNTS PEAK 8350 5.8 8.9 65 8.2 8.9 92 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 87 99 POWDER-TONGUE BEAR TRAP MEADOW 8200 4.0 2.8 143 4.0 4.7 85 BIG GOOSE 7990 4.5 4.8 94 5.0 4.8 104 BONE SPRINGS DIV 9350 7.7 8.6 90 8.2 7.8 105 BURGESS JUNCTION 7880 5.4 6.0 90 5.9 6.5 91 CLOUD PEAK RESERVOIR 9860 7.3 6.3 116 6.5 6.8 96 DOME LAKE 8880 -M 6.5 * -M 7.3 * GRAVE SPRINGS 8550 5.9 4.5 131 4.9 5.2 94 HANSEN SAWMILL 8360 4.0 3.5 114 3.9 4.5 87 MIDDLE POWDER 7760 6.6 5.9 112 5.3 7.1 75 POWDER RIVER PASS 9480 6.2 5.8 107 6.9 6.5 106 SUCKER CREEK 8880 5.5 5.7 96 6.7 7.2 93 TIE CREEK 6870 3.3 3.0 110 4.7 5.5 85 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 106 93 BELLE FOURCHE BLIND PARK 6890 3.2 4.0 80 5.2 6.6 79 COLE CANYON 5910 2.7 3.2 84 3.7 -M * NORTH RAPID CREEK 6130 3.3 3.6 92 4.1 5.5 75 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 85 77 UPPER N. PLATTE RIVER COLUMBINE 9400 12.8 11.4 112 14.5 12.7 114 DIVIDE PEAK 8800 11.3 10.1 112 11.9 10.8 110 ELK RIVER 8700 11.2 8.3 135 12.4 9.8 127 JOE WRIGHT 10120 8.2 10.6 77 10.4 12.9 81 NORTH FRENCH CREEK 10100 12.5 14.6 86 11.8 13.0 91 OLD BATTLE 10000 19.2 15.8 122 20.3 17.4 117 SAGE CREEK BASIN 7850 8.5 5.8 147 9.6 6.3 152 SOUTH BRUSH CREEK 8400 5.2 5.6 93 6.0 8.5 71 TOWER 10500 22.7 22.7 100 24.0 19.6 122 WEBBER SPRINGS 9200 14.9 12.5 119 16.2 14.1 115 WILLOW CREEK PASS 9540 5.5 6.0 92 5.3 6.8 78 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 107 108 LOWER N. PLATTE - SWEETWATER - LARAMIE BROOKLYN LAKE 10240 9.3 11.9 78 8.7 11.0 79 CASPER MTN. 7900 5.7 7.4 77 5.0 7.6 66 DEADMAN HILL 10220 6.4 8.3 77 8.8 8.5 104 DEER PARK 9700 10.4 7.9 132 12.2 11.7 104 LAPRELE CREEK 8320 5.3 5.8 91 5.7 6.6 86 RENO HILL 8400 6.9 7.0 99 6.5 7.7 84 ROACH 9700 9.7 8.2 118 10.4 9.2 113 SAND LAKE 10080 12.7 16.1 79 12.2 12.6 97 SOUTH PASS 9040 10.7 8.9 120 10.6 9.9 107 WINDY PEAK 7840 2.9 3.7 78 4.0 5.8 69 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 94 93 LITTLE SNAKE RIVER BATTLE MOUNTAIN 7440 9.4 4.9 192 9.6 7.7 125 DIVIDE PEAK 8800 11.3 10.1 112 11.9 10.8 110 OLD BATTLE 10000 19.2 15.8 122 20.3 17.4 117 SANDSTONE RS 8150 7.3 6.3 116 12.5 9.7 129 WHISKEY PARK 8950 15.2 12.8 119 14.3 14.6 98 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 125 114 UPPER GREEN RIVER BIG SANDY OPENING 9100 8.6 7.5 115 8.2 7.1 115 BLIND BULL SUM 8650 14.0 14.4 97 11.4 12.1 94 EAST RIM DIVIDE 7930 6.7 6.5 103 7.0 6.3 111 ELKHART PARK G.S. 9400 7.6 6.8 112 8.0 7.2 111 GROS VENTRE SUMMIT 8775 7.3 7.5 97 6.7 6.9 97 KENDALL R.S. 7740 -M 7.4 * 8.8 7.5 117 LOOMIS PARK 8240 10.3 8.8 117 10.5 9.1 115 NEW FORK LAKE 8340 6.6 5.9 112 6.1 6.4 95 SNIDER BASIN 8250 8.1 7.5 108 8.0 8.6 93 SPRING CREEK DIVIDE 9000 12.9 13.6 95 12.5 14.2 88 TRIPLE PEAK 8500 12.6 13.0 97 13.5 12.3 110 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 103 103 LOWER GREEN RIVER HAMS FORK 7840 6.7 6.2 108 6.2 6.4 97 HEWINTA 9500 5.1 4.7 109 6.7 7.5 89 HICKERSON PARK 9150 3.0 3.2 94 5.4 4.4 123 HOLE-IN-ROCK 9150 3.7 3.0 123 4.4 4.1 107 INDIAN CREEK 9425 13.7 13.7 100 12.0 13.2 91 KELLEY R.S. 8180 9.2 8.3 111 10.1 11.0 92 STEEL CREEK PARK 10100 6.5 7.2 90 7.1 8.2 87 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 103 95 UPPER BEAR RIVER BUG LAKE 7950 11.4 9.4 121 11.5 10.0 115 HAYDEN FORK 9400 6.7 7.1 94 -M 10.8 * KELLEY R.S. 8180 9.2 8.3 111 10.1 11.0 92 LILY LAKE 9050 6.0 6.1 98 7.9 9.3 85 MONTE CRISTO 8960 14.7 12.6 117 14.8 13.1 113 SALT RIVER SUMMIT 7600 8.3 6.2 134 9.1 9.8 93 TRIAL LAKE 9960 12.5 11.7 107 13.8 12.2 113 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 112 103 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -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.