[Rockhounds] Nifty snowpack link...

[Julie Siebel]

Hey Lanny:

The text file doesn't *have* snow depth. (Finally figured that out.) That 
21.4 is precipitation, which is different than their current snow depth.

This one does have snow depth:

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snotel/snotelday2.pl?site=656&station=12d11s&state=mt&report=depth

That's a link to the snow depth the last seven days at Mule Creek - 53.8 
inches of snow on the ground today. (Lost 2.2 inches between yesterday and 
today, say yay,.)

This link:

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/cgibin/tab-get.pl?state=MT&stationidname=12D11S-MULE+CREEK

Allows you to see the water equivalent stats for last year and this year. 
(The don't keep snow depth stats.) And if ya check the difference on May 
10th water equivalent for this year and last year, you'll see that this year 
it's 18.3; last year it was 11.

Biiiigg difference - lol

I did snag the telephone number for NFS in Dillon - I'll give 'em a call 
tomorrow and see how we're looking.

Julie




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lanny R" <lanny.r at roadrunner.com>
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Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Nifty snowpack link...


> You lost me. We must be reading different files. The May 10th text  file 
> shows Mule Creek with  a current water equivalent of 18.3 inches,  average 
> of 16.3, 112% of average; a current snow depth of 21.4 inches,  average of 
> 20.3 inches, so 105% of average. Looks to me like the  percentages work 
> out and the depth is a little under 2 feet.
>
> One thing we need to consider is that Crystal Park is on the west side  of 
> the Pioneer Range, and Mule Creek is on the east side (the lee  side), so 
> Crystal Park is likely to have received more snow.
>
> Lanny
>
>
> On May 10, 2008, at 12:13 PM, Julie Siebel wrote:
>
>> Holy snowman! If I'm reading this right, at Mule Creek there's still 
>> more than 4.5 feet of snow! It's about 500 feet higher than Crystal 
>> Park, but still...  lol. Last year on May 10th, the snow water 
>> equivalent for Mule Creek was 11 inches; today it's 18.3 inches.  Their 
>> pecent of average must be based on something other than the  average of 
>> "today" over the years. (They don't seem to keep  historical snow depth 
>> data.) Last year, on June 1st snow water  equivalent was 1/2 inch. This 
>> year? Hard to say...maybe we'll call a  Butte rockshop before we leave 
>> Lewistown. I'm guessing there's a  good possibility that we won't be able 
>> to do Crystal Park  though...guess we'll just have to go back in August! 
>> lol
>>
>> It looks like Calvert Hill has a chance of being OK, and if nothing  else 
>> there are lots of places between Lewistown and home to check out.
>>
>> Julie
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lanny R" <lanny.r at roadrunner.com>
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>> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 10:32 AM
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>>
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