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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 5 , 2006 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BASIN ELEV. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT TOTAL PRECIPITATION Data Site Name (Ft) % % Current Average Avg Current Average Avg ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WYOMING SNAKE RIVER BASE CAMP 7030 10.9 8.8 124 14.8 11.0 135 COTTONWOOD CREEK 7600 14.1 10.3 137 17.2 14.2 121 GRANITE CREEK 6770 11.5 8.2 140 14.3 10.0 143 GRASSY LAKE 7265 18.5 15.8 117 23.4 18.3 128 GROS VENTRE SUMMIT 8750 7.1 7.3 97 8.5 6.7 127 LEWIS LAKE DIVIDE 7850 20.7 15.9 130 23.1 18.5 125 PHILLIPS BENCH 8200 17.6 13.4 131 19.0 14.3 133 SALT RIVER SUMMIT 7600 8.9 5.9 151 11.1 9.5 117 SNAKE RIVER STATION 6920 10.4 8.5 122 15.4 11.6 133 SPRING CREEK DIVIDE 9000 17.2 13.1 131 16.3 13.7 119 THUMB DIVIDE 7980 9.8 8.1 121 11.5 9.6 120 TOGWOTEE PASS 9580 14.3 12.4 115 15.1 12.6 120 TWO OCEAN PLATEAU 9240 20.3 14.2 143 15.9 14.1 113 WILLOW CREEK 8450 17.3 15.1 115 21.6 16.3 133 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 126 126 UPPER YELLOWSTONE-MADISON BEARTOOTH LAKE 9275 13.2 12.2 108 11.0 10.5 105 BLACK BEAR 8170 26.7 18.4 145 -M 18.7 * CANYON 8090 7.9 6.5 122 10.3 8.2 126 FISHER CREEK 9100 22.1 17.4 127 21.6 18.1 119 MADISON PLATEAU 7750 14.2 11.9 119 -M 13.1 * NORTHEAST ENTRANCE 7350 5.0 5.4 93 7.4 6.7 110 PARKER PEAK 9400 10.9 11.2 97 10.5 8.6 122 SYLVAN LAKE 8420 9.5 11.1 86 13.3 11.5 116 THUMB DIVIDE 7980 9.8 8.1 121 11.5 9.6 120 TWO OCEAN PLATEAU 9240 20.3 14.2 143 15.9 14.1 113 WHISKEY CREEK 6800 8.2 8.0 102 13.6 10.4 131 WHITE MILL 8700 13.9 11.9 117 13.6 13.5 101 WOLVERINE 7650 5.3 6.2 85 4.9 7.3 67 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 117 113 WIND RIVER BURROUGHS CREEK 8750 7.7 7.2 107 9.5 8.4 113 COLD SPRINGS 9630 2.4 4.8 50 5.0 5.9 85 DEER PARK 9700 9.6 7.4 130 12.2 11.4 107 HOBBS PARK 10100 5.4 7.9 68 6.3 6.6 95 LITTLE WARM 9370 4.8 5.7 84 6.9 7.0 99 SOUTH PASS 9040 8.9 8.6 103 10.2 9.6 106 ST. LAWRENCE ALT 8620 1.2 3.9 31 3.6 4.7 77 TOGWOTEE PASS 9580 14.3 12.4 115 15.1 12.6 120 TOWNSEND CREEK 8700 2.7 4.6 59 5.6 6.2 90 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 91 103 BIGHORN BASIN BALD MTN. 9380 8.6 10.3 83 6.7 8.9 75 BEAR TRAP MEADOW 8200 2.9 2.7 107 4.7 4.6 102 BLACKWATER 9780 11.9 12.6 94 10.4 11.2 93 BONE SPRINGS DIV 9350 7.6 8.2 93 7.4 7.6 97 EVENING STAR 9200 13.7 14.6 94 15.8 13.6 116 GRAVE SPRINGS 8550 4.5 4.3 105 6.9 5.1 135 KIRWIN 9550 6.1 6.2 98 6.4 6.1 105 MARQUETTE 8760 1.0 5.1 20 4.8 5.4 89 MIDDLE POWDER 7760 6.7 5.7 118 6.2 7.0 89 OWL CREEK 8975 1.1 2.8 39 3.3 3.0 110 POWDER RIVER PASS 9480 5.1 5.6 91 6.5 6.3 103 SHELL CREEK 9580 6.9 7.7 90 6.6 7.0 94 SYLVAN LAKE 8420 9.5 11.1 86 13.3 11.5 116 SYLVAN ROAD 7120 5.6 6.6 85 9.9 10.5 94 TIMBER CREEK 7950 .8 3.1 26 3.2 3.8 84 YOUNTS PEAK 8350 8.0 8.4 95 10.9 8.6 127 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 87 102 SHOSHONE RIVER BLACKWATER 9780 11.9 12.6 94 10.4 11.2 93 EVENING STAR 9200 13.7 14.6 94 15.8 13.6 116 KIRWIN 9550 6.1 6.2 98 6.4 6.1 105 MARQUETTE 8760 1.0 5.1 20 4.8 5.4 89 SYLVAN LAKE 8420 9.5 11.1 86 13.3 11.5 116 SYLVAN ROAD 7120 5.6 6.6 85 9.9 10.5 94 YOUNTS PEAK 8350 8.0 8.4 95 10.9 8.6 127 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 86 107 POWDER-TONGUE BEAR TRAP MEADOW 8200 2.9 2.7 107 4.7 4.6 102 BIG GOOSE 7990 3.2 4.6 70 5.2 4.7 111 BONE SPRINGS DIV 9350 7.6 8.2 93 7.4 7.6 97 BURGESS JUNCTION 7880 5.5 5.8 95 6.8 6.3 108 CLOUD PEAK RESERVOIR 9860 6.4 6.0 107 6.4 6.6 97 DOME LAKE 8880 5.6 6.4 87 6.5 7.1 92 GRAVE SPRINGS 8550 4.5 4.3 105 6.9 5.1 135 HANSEN SAWMILL 8360 -M 3.4 * -M 4.4 * MIDDLE POWDER 7760 6.7 5.7 118 6.2 7.0 89 POWDER RIVER PASS 9480 5.1 5.6 91 6.5 6.3 103 SUCKER CREEK 8880 5.7 5.5 104 8.1 7.0 116 TIE CREEK 6870 2.9 2.8 104 6.6 5.3 125 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 97 105 BELLE FOURCHE BLIND PARK 6890 4.5 3.8 118 6.5 6.4 102 COLE CANYON 5910 2.9 3.1 94 5.0 -M * NORTH RAPID CREEK 6130 3.6 3.5 103 5.0 5.4 93 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 106 97 UPPER N. PLATTE RIVER COLUMBINE 9160 17.5 10.8 162 20.6 12.2 169 DIVIDE PEAK 8860 9.9 9.7 102 13.1 10.5 125 ELK RIVER 8700 10.3 7.9 130 12.6 9.4 134 JOE WRIGHT 10120 13.4 10.2 131 16.7 12.5 134 NORTH FRENCH CREEK 10130 19.9 14.1 141 20.3 12.6 161 OLD BATTLE 9920 21.3 15.3 139 24.6 16.8 146 SAGE CREEK BASIN 7850 6.2 5.6 111 9.0 6.1 148 SOUTH BRUSH CREEK 8440 7.5 5.4 139 11.2 8.2 137 TOWER 10500 29.8 21.8 137 28.5 18.9 151 WEBBER SPRINGS 9250 -M 12.1 * -M 13.6 * WILLOW CREEK PASS 9540 6.5 5.8 112 8.3 6.6 126 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 133 145 LOWER N. PLATTE - SWEETWATER - LARAMIE BROOKLYN LAKE 10220 13.6 11.4 119 11.4 10.6 108 CASPER MTN. 7850 6.1 7.2 85 8.7 7.4 118 DEADMAN HILL 10220 8.9 8.0 111 10.5 8.2 128 DEER PARK 9700 9.6 7.4 130 12.2 11.4 107 LAPRELE CREEK 8375 4.0 5.6 71 4.9 6.4 77 RENO HILL 8500 6.8 6.9 99 8.5 7.5 113 ROACH 9700 8.9 7.8 114 11.9 8.9 134 SAND LAKE 10050 18.9 15.6 121 18.6 12.2 152 SOUTH PASS 9040 8.9 8.6 103 10.2 9.6 106 WINDY PEAK 7900 2.8 3.6 78 4.7 5.7 82 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 108 116 LITTLE SNAKE RIVER BATTLE MOUNTAIN 7440 7.6 4.6 165 10.4 7.5 139 DIVIDE PEAK 8860 9.9 9.7 102 13.1 10.5 125 OLD BATTLE 9920 21.3 15.3 139 24.6 16.8 146 SANDSTONE RS 8150 8.3 5.9 141 13.7 9.4 146 WHISKEY PARK 8950 19.0 12.0 158 21.6 14.0 154 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 139 143 UPPER GREEN RIVER BIG SANDY OPENING 9080 8.5 7.2 118 9.2 6.9 133 BLIND BULL SUM 8900 14.6 13.9 105 12.3 11.7 105 EAST RIM DIVIDE 7930 6.1 6.2 98 6.8 6.1 111 ELKHART PARK G.S. 9400 8.1 6.6 123 8.9 7.0 127 GROS VENTRE SUMMIT 8750 7.1 7.3 97 8.5 6.7 127 KENDALL R.S. 7740 7.8 7.1 110 9.0 7.3 123 LOOMIS PARK 8240 10.5 8.4 125 11.3 8.8 128 NEW FORK LAKE 8340 6.0 5.7 105 6.2 6.2 100 SNIDER BASIN 8060 9.9 7.3 136 10.0 8.3 120 SPRING CREEK DIVIDE 9000 17.2 13.1 131 16.3 13.7 119 TRIPLE PEAK 8500 16.1 12.5 129 17.1 11.8 145 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 117 122 LOWER GREEN RIVER HAMS FORK 7840 7.7 5.9 131 7.8 6.1 128 HEWINTA 9500 5.5 4.4 125 8.2 7.3 112 HICKERSON PARK 9100 1.4 3.1 45 3.8 4.3 88 HOLE-IN-ROCK 9150 4.1 2.9 141 4.5 4.0 112 INDIAN CREEK 9425 16.6 13.2 126 14.7 12.8 115 KELLEY R.S. 8180 11.0 8.0 138 12.2 10.6 115 STEEL CREEK PARK 10100 7.9 7.0 113 9.3 7.9 118 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 122 114 UPPER BEAR RIVER BUG LAKE 7950 12.3 8.9 138 11.9 9.7 123 HAYDEN FORK 9100 11.4 6.8 168 13.9 10.5 132 KELLEY R.S. 8180 11.0 8.0 138 12.2 10.6 115 LILY LAKE 9050 7.5 5.8 129 9.1 9.0 101 MONTE CRISTO 8960 16.7 11.9 140 16.9 12.7 133 SALT RIVER SUMMIT 7600 8.9 5.9 151 11.1 9.5 117 TRIAL LAKE 9960 17.6 11.2 157 17.7 11.8 150 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 146 126 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -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.