Post on 28-Dec-2015
Test Your “Snowledge!”(snow knowledge)
Snow Water Equivalency
How much of the water that you use at home comes from
mountain snow?
Who else in Idaho relies on mountain snow for water?
What is a watershed?
Snowpack Prediction ContestDecember - April
Can your classroom correctly predict the amount of snow that we will have at Bogus Basin this year? How about the water equivalent? Closest class wins a pizza party!
SNOTEL is Here to Help You!
SNOTEL is a system of weather stations that measure snowpack
depth and water equivalent. There is a SNOTEL weather
station at Bogus Basin.
Link to SNOTEL data
http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/reportGenerator/view/customSingleStationReport/daily/978%3Aid%3ASNTL/-7%2C0/WTEQ%3A%3Avalue%2CSNWD%3A%3Avalue%2CPREC%3A%3Avalue%2CTOBS%3A%3Avalue%2CTMAX%3A%3Avalue%2CTMIN%3A%3Avalue%2CTAVG%3A%3Avalue
To make your prediction it can be helpful to know the
snowpack levels at Bogus Basin in past winters.
Deepest snow last year = 76 in on April 2nd
Greatest water equivalent last year = 25.4 inches on April 7
2014 (Last Year)
2013
50 inches on Feb 26
14.4 inches on March 27
2012
68 inches on Mar 21
22.1 inches on April 2
Now its your turn to make a prediction!
Go to: http://snowschool.squarespace.com/snowschool-follow-up-project/
Send your prediction to- kmcclay@winterwildlands.org