The first heat wave hits the area

Posted 6/14/16

Powell hit a high for the year of 95 degrees Friday. This year’s low, on Jan. 1, was 1.3 degrees below zero, according to powellweather.net. 

Powell’s average June high is 77 degrees, according to U.S. Climate Data. Its average low is 48 …

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The first heat wave hits the area

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Talking about the weather seems old hat, but many might gripe that the record-setting temperatures are getting a bit old.

Powell hit a high for the year of 95 degrees Friday. This year’s low, on Jan. 1, was 1.3 degrees below zero, according to powellweather.net. 

Powell’s average June high is 77 degrees, according to U.S. Climate Data. Its average low is 48 degrees in June. Average precipitation in June is 1.34 inches.

“So — yeah, it’s warm,” said Art Meunier, National Weather Service meteorologist in Riverton. “The overall climate for this summer is pretty much warm across the entire country,” Meunier said.

As of noon on Monday, Powell had received 0.04 inches of rain, not counting rain from a storm that afternoon. The average month-to-date precipitation total is 0.77 inches, according to the National Weather Service.

May was better, with 2.2 inches of precipitation. The average May total is 1.70 inches.

The three-month outlook calls for slightly above normal precipitation, Meunier said. “If you were putting money on the table, it would be higher odds of above-normal precipitation.”

Homeowners would be wise to not roll up garden hoses just yet.

“It doesn’t always pan out the way we’d like,” Meunier said.

At least it will be a little cooler in the short term.

The National Weather Service predicts a high of 83 degrees and a low of 50 degrees today (Tuesday). Wednesday’s prediction is a high of 86 degrees and a low of 52 degrees. Thursday’s high is predicted at 84 degrees with a low of 54 degrees.

Runoff reasonable

Regional reservoirs are in reasonably good shape.

Buffalo Bill Reservoir’s storage was 587,509 acre feet on Sunday, making it nearly 91 percent full, according to the Bureau of Reclamation. An acre-foot is the amount of water needed to cover one level acre with 1 foot of water.

Big Horn Reservoir’s storage was 122,104 acre feet on Sunday, making it 88 percent full.

Boysen Reservoir’s storage was 713,187 acre feet on Sunday, making it more than 96 percent full.

Near-normal snowmelt streamflow volumes are expected across Wyoming as a whole, according to Jim Fahey, Wyoming NOAA hydrologist.

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