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LOVELL (WNE) —- The snowpack is below average in the Bighorn Mountains, according to Jeff Coyle, Water Supply Specialist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Wyoming Snow Survey.
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LOVELL (WNE) —- The snowpack is below average in the Bighorn Mountains, according to Jeff Coyle, Water Supply Specialist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Wyoming Snow Survey.
“Right now, if you’re talking about the Bighorn Mountains, the snowpack is not doing very well. And a lot of it ranges from 60% to 80% (of median). But there’s a lot of near record lows,” Coyle said.
The Big Horn Basin is at 77% of median for snow water equivalent, according to the Feb. 26 USDA-NRCS snow report. The weighted state average for snowpack is 81% of the median.
A snow dump was predicted to bring 7 to 12 inches of snow in the Bighorn Mountains this past weekend but only resulted in 1 to 2 inches throughout the mountains, Coyle said.
Certain sites are still reporting above average snowpack, with the Greybull sub-basin SNOTEL sites in the Timber Creek drainage and near Carter Mountain reporting snowpack above 150% of median, he said.
