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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 FRIDAY: JANUARY 2 , 2009 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BASIN ELEV. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT TOTAL PRECIPITATION Data Site Name (Ft) % % Current Average Avg Current Average Avg ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WYOMING SNAKE RIVER BASE CAMP 7030 7.4 8.4 88 9.9 10.6 93 COTTONWOOD CREEK 7670 11.0 9.9 111 14.3 13.7 104 GRAND TARGHEE 9260 17.8 -M * 17.1 -M * GRANITE CREEK 6770 -M 7.8 * -M 9.7 * GRASSY LAKE 7265 13.7 15.0 91 17.5 17.6 99 GROS VENTRE SUMMIT 8750 7.6 7.0 109 8.5 6.5 131 GUNSIGHT PASS 9820 6.8 -M * 7.8 -M * LEWIS LAKE DIVIDE 7850 12.8 15.0 85 17.3 17.8 97 PHILLIPS BENCH 8200 13.0 12.8 102 15.5 13.7 113 SALT RIVER SUMMIT 7760 5.2 5.5 95 7.0 9.1 77 SNAKE RIVER STATION 6920 6.7 8.0 84 10.9 11.2 97 SPRING CREEK DIVIDE 9000 11.2 12.7 88 12.5 13.2 95 THUMB DIVIDE 7980 8.3 7.8 106 10.5 9.2 114 TOGWOTEE PASS 9580 13.8 11.8 117 15.1 12.2 124 TWO OCEAN PLATEAU 9240 17.4 13.6 128 13.9 13.7 101 WILLOW CREEK 8380 13.4 14.5 92 17.9 15.8 113 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 100 104 UPPER YELLOWSTONE-MADISON BEARTOOTH LAKE 9360 10.2 11.6 88 9.3 10.1 92 BLACK BEAR 8170 16.4 17.4 94 18.5 17.9 103 CANYON 7870 5.9 6.2 95 6.7 7.9 85 FISHER CREEK 9100 16.8 16.5 102 16.1 17.4 93 MADISON PLATEAU 7750 9.8 11.4 86 11.8 12.6 94 NORTHEAST ENTRANCE 7350 4.1 5.0 82 6.7 6.5 103 PARKER PEAK 9400 12.0 10.7 112 -M 8.3 * SYLVAN LAKE 8420 8.3 10.7 78 10.6 11.1 95 THUMB DIVIDE 7980 8.3 7.8 106 10.5 9.2 114 TWO OCEAN PLATEAU 9240 17.4 13.6 128 13.9 13.7 101 WHISKEY CREEK 6800 7.0 7.6 92 9.8 10.0 98 WHITE MILL 8700 10.8 11.3 96 11.3 13.0 87 WOLVERINE 7650 5.0 5.9 85 5.8 7.1 82 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 97 96 WIND RIVER BURROUGHS CREEK 8750 8.7 6.8 128 9.4 8.1 116 COLD SPRINGS 9630 4.0 4.7 85 5.6 5.7 98 DEER PARK 9700 -M 6.7 * 9.0 11.0 82 HOBBS PARK 10100 6.1 7.7 79 6.4 6.5 98 LITTLE WARM 9370 5.5 5.4 102 7.1 6.8 104 SOUTH PASS 9040 6.3 8.2 77 8.2 9.3 88 ST. LAWRENCE ALT 8620 1.7 3.8 45 4.6 4.6 100 TOGWOTEE PASS 9580 13.8 11.8 117 15.1 12.2 124 TOWNSEND CREEK 8700 3.9 4.4 89 5.8 6.0 97 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 95 101 BIGHORN BASIN BALD MTN. 9380 10.3 9.8 105 9.2 8.6 107 BEAR TRAP MEADOW 8200 3.9 2.6 150 5.1 4.5 113 BLACKWATER 9780 11.8 12.2 97 10.8 10.9 99 BONE SPRINGS DIV 9350 9.9 7.9 125 7.9 7.4 107 EVENING STAR 9200 13.0 13.9 94 14.0 13.2 106 GRAVE SPRINGS 8550 3.1 4.1 76 4.6 4.9 94 KIRWIN 9550 6.9 6.0 115 7.7 5.9 131 MARQUETTE 8760 2.2 5.0 44 5.1 5.3 96 MIDDLE POWDER 7760 4.1 5.5 75 5.0 6.8 74 OWL CREEK 8975 3.4 2.7 126 3.4 2.9 117 POWDER RIVER PASS 9480 6.3 5.3 119 7.3 6.1 120 SHELL CREEK 9580 8.9 7.4 120 8.6 6.8 126 SYLVAN LAKE 8420 8.3 10.7 78 10.6 11.1 95 SYLVAN ROAD 7120 5.5 6.3 87 8.1 10.2 79 TIMBER CREEK 7950 2.5 3.0 83 4.8 3.7 130 YOUNTS PEAK 8350 10.1 8.1 125 9.3 8.3 112 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 100 104 SHOSHONE RIVER BLACKWATER 9780 11.8 12.2 97 10.8 10.9 99 EVENING STAR 9200 13.0 13.9 94 14.0 13.2 106 KIRWIN 9550 6.9 6.0 115 7.7 5.9 131 MARQUETTE 8760 2.2 5.0 44 5.1 5.3 96 SYLVAN LAKE 8420 8.3 10.7 78 10.6 11.1 95 SYLVAN ROAD 7120 5.5 6.3 87 8.1 10.2 79 YOUNTS PEAK 8350 10.1 8.1 125 9.3 8.3 112 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 93 101 POWDER-TONGUE BEAR TRAP MEADOW 8200 3.9 2.6 150 5.1 4.5 113 BIG GOOSE 7990 4.0 4.5 89 6.3 4.5 140 BONE SPRINGS DIV 9350 9.9 7.9 125 7.9 7.4 107 BURGESS JUNCTION 7880 6.2 5.6 111 7.1 6.2 115 CLOUD PEAK RESERVOIR 9860 8.2 5.8 141 8.9 6.5 137 DOME LAKE 8880 6.6 6.1 108 8.2 7.0 117 GRAVE SPRINGS 8550 3.1 4.1 76 4.6 4.9 94 HANSEN SAWMILL 8360 3.0 3.3 91 5.7 4.3 133 MIDDLE POWDER 7760 4.1 5.5 75 5.0 6.8 74 POWDER RIVER PASS 9480 6.3 5.3 119 7.3 6.1 120 SUCKER CREEK 8880 7.5 5.3 142 9.4 6.8 138 TIE CREEK 6870 2.0 2.5 80 8.0 5.2 154 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 111 119 BELLE FOURCHE BLIND PARK 6890 4.5 3.6 125 8.7 6.3 138 COLE CANYON 5910 3.4 3.4 100 7.2 3.9 185 NORTH RAPID CREEK 6130 5.0 3.4 147 8.1 5.3 153 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 124 155 UPPER N. PLATTE RIVER COLUMBINE 9160 8.5 10.2 83 9.1 11.7 78 DIVIDE PEAK 8880 7.9 9.3 85 10.2 10.2 100 ELK RIVER 8700 8.5 7.4 115 9.5 9.0 106 JOE WRIGHT 10120 10.9 9.8 111 13.5 12.1 112 NORTH FRENCH CREEK 10130 12.3 13.5 91 12.2 12.2 100 OLD BATTLE 10000 12.7 14.8 86 16.0 16.2 99 SAGE CREEK BASIN 7850 4.1 5.4 76 5.9 5.9 100 SOUTH BRUSH CREEK 8440 6.0 5.2 115 7.8 7.9 99 TOWER 10500 13.7 20.9 66 16.5 18.1 91 WEBBER SPRINGS 9250 9.9 11.6 85 12.5 13.2 95 WILLOW CREEK PASS 9540 6.0 5.6 107 6.6 6.5 102 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 88 97 LOWER N. PLATTE - SWEETWATER - LARAMIE BROOKLYN LAKE 10240 8.3 10.9 76 8.2 10.3 80 CASPER MTN. 7900 3.5 7.0 50 6.2 7.3 85 DEADMAN HILL 10220 6.9 7.7 90 7.4 8.0 92 DEER PARK 9700 -M 6.7 * 9.0 11.0 82 LAPRELE CREEK 8375 -M 5.4 * -M 6.2 * RENO HILL 8400 4.2 6.6 64 5.5 7.2 76 ROACH 9700 6.9 7.4 93 8.3 8.6 97 SAND LAKE 10050 11.2 15.1 74 10.3 11.7 88 SOUTH PASS 9040 6.3 8.2 77 8.2 9.3 88 WINDY PEAK 7900 2.4 3.5 69 3.3 5.6 59 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 75 84 LITTLE SNAKE RIVER BATTLE MOUNTAIN 7440 4.4 4.2 105 7.2 7.2 100 DIVIDE PEAK 8880 7.9 9.3 85 10.2 10.2 100 OLD BATTLE 10000 12.7 14.8 86 16.0 16.2 99 SANDSTONE RS 8150 5.9 5.4 109 8.2 9.0 91 WHISKEY PARK 8950 10.3 11.3 91 12.8 13.4 96 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 92 97 UPPER GREEN RIVER BIG SANDY OPENING 9080 6.3 7.0 90 6.6 6.6 100 BLIND BULL SUM 8650 11.0 13.4 82 10.4 11.2 93 EAST RIM DIVIDE 7930 4.1 6.0 68 7.1 5.8 122 ELKHART PARK G.S. 9400 7.2 6.4 112 8.7 6.8 128 GROS VENTRE SUMMIT 8750 7.6 7.0 109 8.5 6.5 131 GUNSIGHT PASS 9820 6.8 -M * 7.8 -M * KENDALL R.S. 7740 6.2 6.8 91 8.6 7.0 123 LOOMIS PARK 8240 8.2 8.1 101 10.5 8.5 124 NEW FORK LAKE 8340 6.6 5.5 120 6.5 6.0 108 SNIDER BASIN 8060 6.0 7.0 86 7.2 8.1 89 SPRING CREEK DIVIDE 9000 11.2 12.7 88 12.5 13.2 95 TRIPLE PEAK 8500 11.3 12.0 94 12.9 11.4 113 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 93 109 LOWER GREEN RIVER HAMS FORK 7840 3.5 5.6 62 5.4 5.9 92 HEWINTA 9519 2.4 4.2 57 5.4 7.1 76 HICKERSON PARK 9145 1.1 2.9 38 3.8 4.2 90 HOLE-IN-ROCK 9150 1.6 2.7 59 3.7 3.9 95 INDIAN CREEK 9425 9.8 12.7 77 10.2 12.3 83 KELLEY R.S. 8180 6.4 7.7 83 8.2 10.2 80 STEEL CREEK PARK 10200 3.9 6.8 57 6.9 7.6 91 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 67 85 UPPER BEAR RIVER BUG LAKE 7950 4.4 8.5 52 7.2 9.3 77 HAYDEN FORK 9212 6.8 6.4 106 9.3 10.1 92 KELLEY R.S. 8180 6.4 7.7 83 8.2 10.2 80 LILY LAKE 9156 5.3 5.6 95 7.1 8.7 82 MONTE CRISTO 8960 9.9 11.3 88 11.2 12.2 92 SALT RIVER SUMMIT 7760 5.2 5.5 95 7.0 9.1 77 TRIAL LAKE 9992 9.4 10.6 89 9.8 11.4 86 ----- ----- Basin wide percent of average 85 84 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -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.