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Monitoring Tsunami Impacts Across the Pacific; Air Quality Concerns; Dangerous Heat; Critical Fire Weather for the West

Tsunami impacts continue for portions of the Pacific basin. Wildfire smoke causes unhealthy air in Midwest to Great Lakes. Heat dome spans Mississippi Valley to Mid-Atlantic with excessive heat warnings and advisories. Critical fire weather in Great Basin to Pacific Northwest (dry thunderstorms). Cold front spawns severe storms/heavy rain in Central U.S. today, shifts to East Coast Thursday. Read More >

 

 
 
The National Weather Service in Riverton receives many questions each day, with some more common than others. Below are a list of questions to help you find the data you are looking for.

1. Where can I find Monthly and Seasonal Climate Season Outlooks?

You can use the following link for maps for monthly and season climate outlooks: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/multi_season/13_seasonal_outlooks/color/churchill.php

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2. Where can I find information on Wyoming drought?

A map summarizing drought across the United States can be found at:
https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

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3. Where can I find information on current Wyoming Snowpacks?

Wyoming Snowpack information can be found on our hydrology page using the following links:

Snowpack and Precipitation Data
Available WY Precipitation Reports Precipitation Summaries
(western US)
Percent of Average SWE by Basin (Graph) Percent of Average SWE by Basin (Map)
NRCS Snow Survey SNOTEL Water Year Graph
-By Basin-
SNOTEL Water Year Graph
-By Individual Station-
Snow Precipitation Update
-Surrounding States-
Snow Precipitation Update
-Wyoming-
Snow Precipitation Update
NOHRSC Snow Graphics  National Resource Conservation Service - Casper, WY
Wyoming Station Snotel Plots (Interactive Map) Climatological Data Products from Water Resources Data Systems (WRDS)
Directory of Snow Water Equivalent Maps for Western and Central Wyoming U.S. Snow Monitoring
NRCS Snow Data National Snow Analyses from NOHRSC
Interactive Snow Information from NOHRSC  

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4. Where can I find a Flood Potential Outlook?