Wyoming – NRCS

Report #25                                Monday Morning Snow Report                           Apr. 14^th, 2014

This is the 25^th Monday Snow Report for the 2014 Water Year.  Last year at this time the state median was 89% with a low of 67% and a high of 103% of median.  This year the state median is 142% with a low of 99% and a high of 206% of median.  See the table and map below for more information.  The map may differ slightly from the table depending on the stations reporting & date.

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

SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT (SWE) AS PERCENT OF MEDIAN - The following table shows the percent of median for 3 recent dates, and then the percent of median a year ago along with its preceding week in the last 2 columns.  SWE percent of medians are for Wyoming basins.   The median is based on reporting SNOTEL sites in a basin, and does not include manually measured snow courses.  Medians are computed using the period 1981 through 2010.

DRAINAGE BASIN	4/14/2014	4/7/2014	3/31/2014	4/14/2013	4/7/2013
SNAKE RIVER	147	144	143	96	88
MADISON	128	122	119	95	88
YELLOWSTONE	154	154	152	97	88
WIND RIVER	124	129	128	83	75
BIGHORN BASIN	154	150	154	96	87
SHOSHONE RIVER	152	155	152	92	86
POWDER	157	159	159	103	92
TONGUE	148	141	146	86	79
BELLE FOURCHE	206	147	128	94	59
CHEYENNE	138	140	129	96	68
UPPER N. PLATTE	123	127	124	82	75
SWEETWATER	99	116	114	67	59
LOWER N. PLATTE	127	129	127	72	60
LARAMIE	139	137	140	84	74
S. PLATTE	152	142	143	90	76
LITTLE SNAKE RIVER	121	126	122	76	67
UPPER GREEN	160	159	157	85	76
LOWER GREEN	133	130	126	95	80
UPPER BEAR	110	117	117	83	70
Weighted State Average	142	140	138	89	77

red = down  blue = up  green = same       * data is suspect

For more information, contact:   Lee Hackleman or Ken Von Buettner (307) 233-6744, 6743

NRCS Snow Surveys    100 East B St., Room 3124     Casper, WY 82601