Snowpack in Big Horns below average for winter season

LOVELL (WNE) —- The snowpack is below average in the Big Horn 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 Big Horn 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 percent of median for snow water equivalent, according to the Februv ary 26 USDA-NRCS snow report. The weighted state average for snowpack is 81 percent of the median.
A snow dump was predicted to bring 7 to 12 inches of snow in the Big Horn Mountains this past weekend but only resulted in one to two inches throughout the mountains, Coyle said.