Wyoming – NRCS

Report #19                                 Monday Morning Snow Report                                Mar. 3^rd, 2014

Good morning.  This is the 19^th Monday Snow Report for the 2014 Water Year.  Last year at this time the state median was 85% with a low of 66% and a high of 100% of median.  This year the state median is 135% with a low of 102% and a high of 169% of median.  See the table and map below for more information.  The map may differ slightly from the table depending on the stations reporting.

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	3/2/2014	2/24/2014	2/18/2014	3/4/2013	2/24/2013
SNAKE RIVER	138	130	125	90	89
MADISON	103	101	101	92	92
YELLOWSTONE	142	136	130	94	94
WIND RIVER	141	128	123	85	88
BIGHORN BASIN	151	153	147	92	97
SHOSHONE RIVER	156	147	141	94	94
POWDER	154	157	151	100	102
TONGUE	137	133	126	92	92
BELLE FOURCHE	102	112	115	92	85
CHEYENNE	128	131	135	90	90
UPPER N. PLATTE	121	117	118	79	75
SWEETWATER	122	101	98	80	75
LOWER N. PLATTE	110	104	108	66	57
LARAMIE	139	135	133	78	75
S. PLATTE	141	139	134	73	69
LITTLE SNAKE RIVER	117	113	115	81	79
UPPER GREEN	169	159	147	84	85
LOWER GREEN	131	128	125	81	80
UPPER BEAR	118	112	111	76	75
Weighted State Average	136	132	129	85	84

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