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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 SATURDAY: FEBRUARY 2 , 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12.8 99 19.2 15.0 128 COTTONWOOD CREEK 7670 14.4 14.4 100 17.0 18.8 90 GRAND TARGHEE 9260 32.9 -M * 22.9 -M * GRANITE CREEK 6770 11.3 12.5 90 17.0 13.9 122 GRASSY LAKE 7265 20.3 23.2 88 28.2 25.3 111 GROS VENTRE SUMMIT 8750 9.2 9.5 97 10.5 8.7 121 GUNSIGHT PASS 9820 6.3 -M * 10.1 -M * LEWIS LAKE DIVIDE 7850 21.7 23.3 93 26.9 25.1 107 PHILLIPS BENCH 8200 20.3 18.7 109 23.2 19.7 118 SALT RIVER SUMMIT 7760 7.6 9.4 81 9.8 12.7 77 SNAKE RIVER STATION 6920 11.1 12.8 87 19.1 15.7 122 SPRING CREEK DIVIDE 9000 14.0 17.5 80 14.5 18.5 78 THUMB DIVIDE 7980 11.4 11.9 96 14.3 12.8 112 TOGWOTEE PASS 9580 18.5 17.0 109 20.4 17.0 120 TWO OCEAN PLATEAU 9240 25.5 19.1 134 21.4 18.6 115 WILLOW CREEK 8380 18.6 20.4 91 24.0 22.0 109 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 97 109 UPPER YELLOWSTONE-MADISON BEARTOOTH LAKE 9360 17.4 16.3 107 16.5 14.1 117 BLACK BEAR 8170 32.5 25.8 126 30.9 26.4 117 CANYON 7870 11.8 9.0 131 15.0 10.9 138 FISHER CREEK 9100 29.2 24.0 122 -M 24.8 * MADISON PLATEAU 7750 20.6 16.3 126 23.8 17.6 135 NORTHEAST ENTRANCE 7350 5.6 7.8 72 9.4 9.0 104 PARKER PEAK 9400 17.3 14.9 116 -M 11.2 * SYLVAN LAKE 8420 14.4 15.3 94 18.9 14.9 127 THUMB DIVIDE 7980 11.4 11.9 96 14.3 12.8 112 TWO OCEAN PLATEAU 9240 25.5 19.1 134 21.4 18.6 115 WHISKEY CREEK 6800 13.0 11.2 116 18.4 13.9 132 WHITE MILL 8700 18.1 16.2 112 -M 18.4 * WOLVERINE 7650 6.1 8.7 70 9.1 9.3 98 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 113 120 WIND RIVER BURROUGHS CREEK 8750 11.0 10.2 108 13.8 11.4 121 COLD SPRINGS 9630 3.9 6.0 65 6.9 7.1 97 DEER PARK 9700 9.5 11.7 81 13.4 14.7 91 HOBBS PARK 10100 8.3 9.9 84 9.0 8.3 108 LITTLE WARM 9370 6.6 7.8 85 9.6 9.2 104 SOUTH PASS 9040 8.3 11.4 73 11.3 12.3 92 ST. LAWRENCE ALT 8620 3.5 4.8 73 5.5 5.7 96 TOGWOTEE PASS 9580 18.5 17.0 109 20.4 17.0 120 TOWNSEND CREEK 8700 4.5 5.6 80 7.8 7.3 107 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 88 105 BIGHORN BASIN BALD MTN. 9380 10.7 13.6 79 10.8 11.9 91 BEAR TRAP MEADOW 8200 5.5 3.6 153 6.3 5.5 115 BLACKWATER 9780 17.0 16.7 102 16.1 14.3 113 BONE SPRINGS DIV 9350 10.3 10.7 96 12.4 9.7 128 EVENING STAR 9200 19.5 19.9 98 22.0 17.7 124 GRAVE SPRINGS 8550 5.5 5.8 95 5.9 6.4 92 KIRWIN 9550 8.7 7.7 113 10.0 7.7 130 MARQUETTE 8760 2.1 5.9 36 6.2 6.2 100 MIDDLE POWDER 7760 6.2 7.2 86 5.9 8.3 71 OWL CREEK 8975 3.4 3.4 100 5.0 3.7 135 POWDER RIVER PASS 9480 7.7 7.3 105 9.6 8.4 114 SHELL CREEK 9580 10.6 10.0 106 10.7 9.4 114 SYLVAN LAKE 8420 14.4 15.3 94 18.9 14.9 127 SYLVAN ROAD 7120 7.5 8.9 84 15.8 13.4 118 TIMBER CREEK 7950 1.8 3.7 49 5.7 4.5 127 YOUNTS PEAK 8350 11.9 12.1 98 12.3 11.5 107 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 94 113 SHOSHONE RIVER BLACKWATER 9780 17.0 16.7 102 16.1 14.3 113 EVENING STAR 9200 19.5 19.9 98 22.0 17.7 124 KIRWIN 9550 8.7 7.7 113 10.0 7.7 130 MARQUETTE 8760 2.1 5.9 36 6.2 6.2 100 SYLVAN LAKE 8420 14.4 15.3 94 18.9 14.9 127 SYLVAN ROAD 7120 7.5 8.9 84 15.8 13.4 118 YOUNTS PEAK 8350 11.9 12.1 98 12.3 11.5 107 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 94 118 POWDER-TONGUE BEAR TRAP MEADOW 8200 5.5 3.6 153 6.3 5.5 115 BIG GOOSE 7990 5.2 6.1 85 8.1 5.7 142 BONE SPRINGS DIV 9350 10.3 10.7 96 12.4 9.7 128 BURGESS JUNCTION 7880 7.2 7.5 96 9.0 8.0 112 CLOUD PEAK RESERVOIR 9860 9.3 8.1 115 10.0 8.2 122 DOME LAKE 8880 6.6 8.0 82 10.0 8.8 114 GRAVE SPRINGS 8550 5.5 5.8 95 5.9 6.4 92 HANSEN SAWMILL 8360 4.2 4.2 100 6.3 5.3 119 MIDDLE POWDER 7760 6.2 7.2 86 5.9 8.3 71 POWDER RIVER PASS 9480 7.7 7.3 105 9.6 8.4 114 SUCKER CREEK 8880 8.4 7.3 115 10.1 8.9 113 TIE CREEK 6870 3.9 4.0 98 7.8 6.8 115 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 100 113 BELLE FOURCHE BLIND PARK 6890 3.7 5.3 70 6.4 7.8 82 COLE CANYON 5910 3.2 4.6 70 4.6 4.7 98 NORTH RAPID CREEK 6130 -M 5.1 * 4.7 6.3 75 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 70 84 UPPER N. PLATTE RIVER COLUMBINE 9160 16.4 16.7 98 19.0 16.8 113 DIVIDE PEAK 8880 15.8 13.1 121 16.3 13.8 118 ELK RIVER 8700 15.4 12.4 124 15.9 12.8 124 JOE WRIGHT 10120 15.3 14.0 109 17.8 16.3 109 NORTH FRENCH CREEK 10130 20.8 18.5 112 20.7 16.5 125 OLD BATTLE 10000 22.0 20.2 109 26.2 22.6 116 SAGE CREEK BASIN 7850 12.2 7.6 161 13.7 8.0 171 SOUTH BRUSH CREEK 8440 8.5 7.5 113 12.0 10.9 110 TOWER 10500 27.6 30.3 91 27.9 25.6 109 WEBBER SPRINGS 9250 16.9 16.2 104 20.1 18.2 110 WILLOW CREEK PASS 9540 10.8 7.6 142 11.1 8.4 132 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 111 118 LOWER N. PLATTE - SWEETWATER - LARAMIE BROOKLYN LAKE 10240 13.7 15.5 88 14.7 14.4 102 CASPER MTN. 7900 6.7 9.1 74 9.2 9.0 102 DEADMAN HILL 10220 11.0 10.7 103 11.4 10.7 107 DEER PARK 9700 9.5 11.7 81 13.4 14.7 91 LAPRELE CREEK 8375 -M 7.3 * -M 8.2 * RENO HILL 8400 7.2 8.5 85 9.0 9.4 96 ROACH 9700 13.1 11.1 118 15.4 11.7 132 SAND LAKE 10050 18.2 20.1 91 18.3 16.0 114 SOUTH PASS 9040 8.3 11.4 73 11.3 12.3 92 WINDY PEAK 7900 4.7 4.6 102 6.4 7.0 91 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 90 104 LITTLE SNAKE RIVER BATTLE MOUNTAIN 7440 10.8 7.9 137 12.3 10.0 123 DIVIDE PEAK 8880 15.8 13.1 121 16.3 13.8 118 OLD BATTLE 10000 22.0 20.2 109 26.2 22.6 116 SANDSTONE RS 8150 12.4 9.8 127 15.4 12.6 122 WHISKEY PARK 8950 20.3 18.7 109 23.1 19.5 118 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 117 119 UPPER GREEN RIVER BIG SANDY OPENING 9080 8.4 9.6 88 8.7 9.1 96 BLIND BULL SUM 8650 15.3 18.6 82 12.7 15.5 82 EAST RIM DIVIDE 7930 5.1 8.6 59 7.4 8.2 90 ELKHART PARK G.S. 9400 7.1 8.9 80 8.1 9.0 90 GROS VENTRE SUMMIT 8750 9.2 9.5 97 10.5 8.7 121 GUNSIGHT PASS 9820 6.3 -M * 10.1 -M * KENDALL R.S. 7740 7.3 9.9 74 9.3 9.8 95 LOOMIS PARK 8240 10.1 11.3 89 11.7 11.9 98 NEW FORK LAKE 8340 5.7 7.7 74 6.1 7.9 77 SNIDER BASIN 8060 7.5 9.9 76 8.8 11.2 79 SPRING CREEK DIVIDE 9000 14.0 17.5 80 14.5 18.5 78 TRIPLE PEAK 8500 14.6 16.8 87 17.6 16.3 108 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 81 92 LOWER GREEN RIVER HAMS FORK 7840 6.9 8.5 81 6.6 8.4 79 HEWINTA 9519 6.6 6.8 97 11.3 9.4 120 HICKERSON PARK 9145 3.0 4.5 67 5.8 5.2 112 HOLE-IN-ROCK 9150 2.8 4.2 67 6.3 4.8 131 INDIAN CREEK 9425 14.1 17.7 80 13.1 16.9 78 KELLEY R.S. 8180 8.6 10.8 80 11.1 14.0 79 STEEL CREEK PARK 10200 8.7 9.5 92 12.7 10.2 125 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 82 97 UPPER BEAR RIVER BUG LAKE 7950 10.9 13.3 82 11.2 13.0 86 HAYDEN FORK 9212 12.2 9.9 123 15.9 13.7 116 KELLEY R.S. 8180 8.6 10.8 80 11.1 14.0 79 LILY LAKE 9156 9.5 8.3 114 12.2 11.6 105 MONTE CRISTO 8960 18.0 18.4 98 18.5 16.9 109 SALT RIVER SUMMIT 7760 7.6 9.4 81 9.8 12.7 77 TRIAL LAKE 9992 13.4 15.8 85 16.6 16.0 104 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 93 97 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -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.