What Happened?
First, it all began late last week when a Cold Front pushed South into WY and it 'stalled' in Northern CO. Cold Air was already in Placed, but then several pieces of Energy came off the Pacific and slid from WA and dug South into NV and swung to the Northeast into UT/CO. The Placement of these Low's provided Moisture into Central and Southeast WY for several days, with one Low after another.
--Over 3-4' of Snow fell ontop of the Laramies around Casper Mtn and 2-3' in the Sierra's and Snowy's.
GOOD Thing is we got the Moisture to help out our Drought Relief
--BEFORE the Snows, Much of us were in the Extreme Drought...now, we've improved a little and are now in the Severe Drought.
-- PLUS, the Snow-Water Equivalent map, I used on-air tonight, shows improvement for the Laramies, Bighorns, but Central WY is still a little dry.
-100% is 'Normal' but we are still slightly Below our Normals for the Platte River basin for the Northern Laramies and the only area that's STILL below Average are the Green/Rattlensake Ranges.
--Lots of Moisture for much of SE and Eastern WY
As we head to the Summer Months, we'll keep an eye on this very closely!
-Nice Snow Depth for the Lower Elevations.
Also want to Note this, CASPER MTN is still about 5" below where we should be for our Snow Depth, we'll keep a close eye on that, as well.
SO..Anything in the Near Future?
1) On-Shore Flow from the Pacific will slide in on Saturday giving us a Rain/Snow Mix chance, but a better Chance of Snow with our Next Cold Front from MT dipping down into Wyoming by Sunday Evening.
2) AT THIS TIME, the best area's of Heaviest Snow's seem to be in the Black Hills and Bighorns..
But this does give Light Snow for the Mountain about 2-6" from the NAM.
Keeping an eye on our Snow each day, this week!
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