Wyoming – NRCS

Report #32                               Monday Morning Snow Report                           June 2^nd, 2014

This is the 32^nd Monday Snow Report for the 2014 Water Year.  Last year at this time the state median rose to 78% with a low of 0% and a high of 208% of median.  This year the state median rose to 192% with a low of 7% and a high of 431% 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	6/2/2014	5/27/2014	5/19/2014	6/2/2013	5/27/2013
SNAKE RIVER	139	149	160	55	48
MADISON	112	118	146	43	40
YELLOWSTONE	150	145	157	60	53
WIND RIVER	104	126	148	39	35
BIGHORN BASIN	168	181	174	83	46
SHOSHONE RIVER	148	139	149	61	46
POWDER	372	297	198	208	83
TONGUE	296	282	192	79	41
BELLE FOURCHE	*	*	*	*	*
CHEYENNE	*	*	*	*	*
UPPER N. PLATTE	159	170	151	85	75
SWEETWATER	50	97	117	0	13
LOWER N. PLATTE	*	4367*	328*	0	0
LARAMIE	431	236	173	75	65
S. PLATTE	256	186	167	113	91
LITTLE SNAKE RIVER	154	141	136	65	54
UPPER GREEN	257	258	205	67	51
LOWER GREEN	93	133	143	34	53
UPPER BEAR	7	80	126	6	22
Weighted State Average	192	182	164	78	54

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