Snowpack

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s snowpack continues to decline. The U.S. Agriculture Department’s Natural Resources Conservation Service reports that snowpack is 59 percent of average this week. That’s down from 63 percent last week and 119 percent last year at this time...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s snowpack so far this winter remains below average. The Natural Resources Conservation Service reports that as of Feb. 1 the snowpack across Wyoming is at 93 percent of average. Northwest Wyoming has the highest amounts at 110 percent of average, but the northwest is about 92 percent, the southeast about 72 percent and the southwest about 79 percent...

The Natural Resources Conservation Service says Wyoming’s snowpack is below average. The statewide snow water equivalent, which measures how much water is in the snowpack, is 90 percent of average as of Monday. Wyoming snowpack below average, at 90 percent.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s snowpack is improving. This week’s figures put the statewide snowpack at 92 percent of average, up from...

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A week after Wyoming’s snowpack showed signs of improving, snow levels have declined. The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Casper said Monday that the snowpack statewide is 80 percent of average, down from 88 percent a week ago...

The body of Bryan Gross, a 29-year-old Converse County Deputy, was found late Sunday morning in the North Platte River in Douglas. His body was recovered about 1.5 miles downstream from where he went into the water to help a struggling girl.

Flooding on the Laramie river this year is a sure bet and it seems to be the talk of the town right now. With snow levels in the Snowy Range this year reaching up to 193% of normal, chances are that flooding will reach local Laramie residents that have never had to worry about the effects of run-off in the past. Take a look at the SNOTEL stations to get an idea of just how much snow has accumulate

Snowpack levels will be bringing the potential for flooding again this year. Federal officials have stated that the average snowpack level across Wyoming was 125 percent of average in early April. The latest reading have yet again showed that moisture from snow is well above average and the danger of flooding is high in several river basins in the eastern part of the state.