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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: APRIL 7 , 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BASIN ELEV. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT TOTAL PRECIPITATION Data Site Name (Ft) % % Current Average Avg Current Average Avg ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WYOMING SNAKE RIVER BASE CAMP 7030 12.7 17.5 73 15.3 22.2 69 COTTONWOOD CREEK 7600 19.3 24.0 80 22.4 28.6 78 GRANITE CREEK 6770 13.0 17.9 73 15.8 20.6 77 GRASSY LAKE 7265 25.9 36.5 71 26.2 37.3 70 GROS VENTRE SUMMIT 8750 10.6 14.5 73 10.7 13.5 79 LEWIS LAKE DIVIDE 7850 24.2 36.2 67 23.7 38.1 62 PHILLIPS BENCH 8200 23.0 29.8 77 22.8 30.1 76 SALT RIVER SUMMIT 7600 13.7 14.5 94 17.1 19.5 88 SNAKE RIVER STATION 6920 12.3 18.5 66 14.5 23.1 63 SPRING CREEK DIVIDE 9000 24.6 27.6 89 22.6 27.5 82 THUMB DIVIDE 7980 14.2 19.0 75 13.9 19.7 71 TOGWOTEE PASS 9580 17.2 25.8 67 17.2 25.7 67 TWO OCEAN PLATEAU 9240 24.2 29.3 83 19.2 28.8 67 WILLOW CREEK 8450 27.6 31.2 88 30.8 33.6 92 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 77 74 UPPER YELLOWSTONE-MADISON BEARTOOTH LAKE 9275 15.3 24.4 63 13.9 20.9 67 BLACK BEAR 8170 35.2 40.3 87 32.2 41.9 77 CANYON 8090 9.6 13.9 69 11.4 16.0 71 FISHER CREEK 9100 25.6 36.1 71 25.6 37.8 68 MADISON PLATEAU 7750 20.1 25.8 78 21.6 27.8 78 NORTHEAST ENTRANCE 7350 6.2 11.0 56 7.8 13.2 59 PARKER PEAK 9400 15.7 22.5 70 13.1 17.0 77 SYLVAN LAKE 8420 14.9 23.4 64 17.4 21.8 80 THUMB DIVIDE 7980 14.2 19.0 75 13.9 19.7 71 TWO OCEAN PLATEAU 9240 24.2 29.3 83 19.2 28.8 67 WHISKEY CREEK 6800 -M 17.6 * -M 21.8 * WHITE MILL 8700 17.7 25.2 70 16.5 28.1 59 WOLVERINE 7650 7.0 11.3 62 7.3 13.4 54 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 73 70 WIND RIVER BURROUGHS CREEK 8750 9.9 14.9 66 10.4 17.0 61 COLD SPRINGS 9630 6.7 8.2 82 7.9 11.3 70 DEER PARK 9700 21.6 17.1 126 24.0 23.1 104 HOBBS PARK 10100 14.2 15.8 90 12.9 13.7 94 LITTLE WARM 9370 7.9 12.2 65 9.2 14.2 65 SOUTH PASS 9040 19.3 17.1 113 20.1 19.4 104 ST. LAWRENCE ALT 8620 6.9 7.4 93 8.2 9.5 86 TOGWOTEE PASS 9580 17.2 25.8 67 17.2 25.7 67 TOWNSEND CREEK 8700 9.9 9.2 108 13.0 12.5 104 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 89 84 BIGHORN BASIN BALD MTN. 9380 15.5 20.8 75 14.5 18.3 79 BEAR TRAP MEADOW 8200 3.5 5.0 70 7.2 8.8 82 BLACKWATER 9780 15.0 25.7 58 14.0 21.5 65 BONE SPRINGS DIV 9350 14.3 17.0 84 14.1 15.4 92 EVENING STAR 9200 17.8 30.9 58 19.7 26.4 75 GRAVE SPRINGS 8550 6.6 10.0 66 8.1 10.4 78 KIRWIN 9550 6.4 11.8 54 7.5 11.9 63 MARQUETTE 8760 4.3 9.7 44 6.1 10.6 58 MIDDLE POWDER 7760 7.8 12.7 61 7.3 13.1 56 OWL CREEK 8975 3.8 5.4 70 4.4 6.4 69 POWDER RIVER PASS 9480 10.3 11.3 91 12.1 13.1 92 SHELL CREEK 9580 14.0 15.4 91 12.3 14.1 87 SYLVAN LAKE 8420 14.9 23.4 64 17.4 21.8 80 SYLVAN ROAD 7120 9.1 12.6 72 11.6 18.3 63 TIMBER CREEK 7950 2.2 5.8 38 3.3 8.0 41 YOUNTS PEAK 8350 10.7 17.6 61 10.6 16.8 63 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 66 72 SHOSHONE RIVER BLACKWATER 9780 15.0 25.7 58 14.0 21.5 65 EVENING STAR 9200 17.8 30.9 58 19.7 26.4 75 KIRWIN 9550 6.4 11.8 54 7.5 11.9 63 MARQUETTE 8760 4.3 9.7 44 6.1 10.6 58 SYLVAN LAKE 8420 14.9 23.4 64 17.4 21.8 80 SYLVAN ROAD 7120 9.1 12.6 72 11.6 18.3 63 YOUNTS PEAK 8350 10.7 17.6 61 10.6 16.8 63 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 59 68 POWDER-TONGUE BEAR TRAP MEADOW 8200 3.5 5.0 70 7.2 8.8 82 BIG GOOSE 7990 7.7 11.4 68 9.4 9.4 100 BONE SPRINGS DIV 9350 14.3 17.0 84 14.1 15.4 92 BURGESS JUNCTION 7880 9.7 12.3 79 10.6 12.8 83 CLOUD PEAK RESERVOIR 9860 14.2 14.3 99 11.8 13.7 86 DOME LAKE 8880 10.4 13.2 79 11.6 13.9 83 GRAVE SPRINGS 8550 6.6 10.0 66 8.1 10.4 78 HANSEN SAWMILL 8360 5.9 6.4 92 8.1 8.8 92 MIDDLE POWDER 7760 7.8 12.7 61 7.3 13.1 56 POWDER RIVER PASS 9480 10.3 11.3 91 12.1 13.1 92 SUCKER CREEK 8880 11.1 12.5 89 13.2 14.4 92 TIE CREEK 6870 1.3 5.8 22 8.3 10.6 78 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 78 84 BELLE FOURCHE BLIND PARK 6890 4.0 8.2 49 8.1 11.7 69 COLE CANYON 5910 1.7 6.0 28 6.3 -M * NORTH RAPID CREEK 6130 1.9 8.5 22 6.9 9.2 75 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 33 72 UPPER N. PLATTE RIVER COLUMBINE 9160 19.0 24.9 76 21.1 26.1 81 DIVIDE PEAK 8860 20.2 20.4 99 22.7 21.5 106 ELK RIVER 8700 22.0 19.6 112 21.2 20.4 104 JOE WRIGHT 10120 19.9 22.4 89 20.6 25.9 80 NORTH FRENCH CREEK 10130 25.6 30.8 83 23.5 25.8 91 OLD BATTLE 9920 33.4 33.4 100 35.1 35.8 98 SAGE CREEK BASIN 7850 13.2 11.8 112 15.9 12.5 127 SOUTH BRUSH CREEK 8440 11.7 13.2 89 13.7 17.1 80 TOWER 10500 38.7 47.4 82 36.5 39.9 91 WEBBER SPRINGS 9250 23.6 26.3 90 26.4 27.7 95 WILLOW CREEK PASS 9540 13.6 12.7 107 13.0 13.5 96 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 92 94 LOWER N. PLATTE - SWEETWATER - LARAMIE BROOKLYN LAKE 10220 17.9 25.0 72 17.5 23.1 76 CASPER MTN. 7850 11.8 15.5 76 12.8 15.4 83 DEADMAN HILL 10220 16.1 17.2 94 14.4 17.8 81 DEER PARK 9700 21.6 17.1 126 24.0 23.1 104 LAPRELE CREEK 8375 6.6 10.7 62 9.4 13.4 70 RENO HILL 8500 10.8 15.0 72 11.8 16.0 74 ROACH 9700 14.3 17.7 81 16.8 19.4 87 SAND LAKE 10050 23.1 33.7 69 21.6 25.2 86 SOUTH PASS 9040 19.3 17.1 113 20.1 19.4 104 WINDY PEAK 7900 6.4 8.1 79 8.5 11.2 76 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 84 85 LITTLE SNAKE RIVER BATTLE MOUNTAIN 7440 10.1 10.0 101 14.8 16.4 90 DIVIDE PEAK 8860 20.2 20.4 99 22.7 21.5 106 OLD BATTLE 9920 33.4 33.4 100 35.1 35.8 98 SANDSTONE RS 8150 13.2 14.2 93 19.0 19.4 98 WHISKEY PARK 8950 27.9 30.5 91 25.2 29.8 85 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 97 95 UPPER GREEN RIVER BIG SANDY OPENING 9080 15.3 15.0 102 14.8 14.0 106 BLIND BULL SUM 8900 19.8 28.6 69 16.2 23.0 70 EAST RIM DIVIDE 7930 9.1 13.6 67 10.0 12.5 80 ELKHART PARK G.S. 9400 12.3 13.8 89 13.6 13.9 98 GROS VENTRE SUMMIT 8750 10.6 14.5 73 10.7 13.5 79 KENDALL R.S. 7740 8.1 14.2 57 12.5 15.1 83 LOOMIS PARK 8240 14.6 17.3 84 15.4 18.1 85 NEW FORK LAKE 8340 10.8 11.3 96 10.5 11.8 89 SNIDER BASIN 8060 14.0 14.8 95 13.9 16.7 83 SPRING CREEK DIVIDE 9000 24.6 27.6 89 22.6 27.5 82 TRIPLE PEAK 8500 19.5 25.5 76 20.5 25.8 79 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 81 84 LOWER GREEN RIVER HAMS FORK 7840 12.5 11.1 113 13.0 12.8 102 HEWINTA 9500 10.8 12.2 89 12.4 15.3 81 HICKERSON PARK 9100 8.7 8.0 109 11.0 8.4 131 HOLE-IN-ROCK 9150 5.9 7.2 82 10.3 7.9 130 INDIAN CREEK 9425 29.1 28.8 101 24.2 26.5 91 KELLEY R.S. 8180 17.6 17.1 103 19.5 21.2 92 STEEL CREEK PARK 10100 15.6 16.5 95 16.2 17.1 95 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 99 98 UPPER BEAR RIVER BUG LAKE 7950 21.4 21.4 100 22.4 20.1 111 HAYDEN FORK 9100 18.9 16.6 114 25.0 22.0 114 KELLEY R.S. 8180 17.6 17.1 103 19.5 21.2 92 LILY LAKE 9050 16.6 13.9 119 17.9 18.3 98 MONTE CRISTO 8960 30.7 30.3 101 29.7 26.6 112 SALT RIVER SUMMIT 7600 13.7 14.5 94 17.1 19.5 88 TRIAL LAKE 9960 30.4 25.8 118 30.8 26.0 118 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 107 106 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -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.