Wyoming – NRCS

Report #29                   Monday Morning Snow Report                      May 23^rd, 2016

Good morning, everyone this is the 29th Monday Snow Report for the 2015-2016 snow season. Last year on this date the state median was 86% with a low of 0% and a high of 270%. This year the state median is 139% with a low of 0% and a high of 580% of median.

See the table & map below for more information. The map may differ slightly from the table depending upon how many stations were reporting at the time or date.

For those of you with INTERNET capability, this report and map showing SWE percentages for the state can be found at “http://www.wrds.uwyo.edu/wrds/nrcs/nrcs.html”. Go to http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/normals/median_average.htm for median.

Figure 1 -- SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT AS PERCENT OF MEDIAN. The following table shows the current, preceding two weeks and 2013, 2014, 2015 equivalent (SWE) amounts for Wyoming basins. Median is based on all reporting SNOTEL sites in the basin, not snow courses. The reference period for average comparison is 1981-2010.

DRAINAGE BASIN	5/23/2016	5/16/2016	5/9/2016	5/23/2015	5/23/2014	5/23/2013
SNAKE RIVER	64	60	69	52	157	55
MADISON	48	47	54	21	143	43
YELLOWSTONE	61	60	63	68	156	61
WIND RIVER	154	141	141	92	150	51
BIGHORN BASIN	70	80	76	64	191	65
SHOSHONE RIVER	67	65	62	71	145	56
POWDER	69	79	68	84	248	89
TONGUE	70	82	71	66	222	69
BELLE FOURCHE
CHEYENNE
UPPER N. PLATTE	132	123	118	86	156	82
SWEETWATER	176	124	126	101	126	29
LOWER N. PLATTE	580	212	168	270	773	63
LARAMIE	165	143	138	105	188	85
S. PLATTE	135	125	128	119	166	99
LITTLE SNAKE RIVER	165	147	150	63	134	65
UPPER GREEN	104	73	84	87	236	56
LOWER GREEN	124	107	131	67	142	66
UPPER BEAR	96	64	83	15	121	45
Weighted State Average	139	97	95	86	212	58

Red = down                     blue = up                      green = even        * data is suspect

For more information, contact: Lee Hackleman (307) 233-6744 NRCS Snow Surveys 100 East B St., Room 3124 Casper, WY