Bogus Basin Webcam Snow School Prediction Contest Test

Bogus Basin Webcam Snow. School Prediction Contest!

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 Contest December - April Can your classroom accurately 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!

The New Snow. School Weather Station will Measure the Snow

Snow. School Weather Station Links: http: //snowschool. squarespace. com/snowschool-snowpack -prediction/ http: //mesowest. utah. edu/cgibin/droman/meso_base_dyn. cgi? stn=WWA 01

Also to help you: SNOTEL is a system of weather stations that measure snowpack depth and water equivalent. There is a SNOTEL near Bogus Basin.

Link to SNOTEL data http: //www. wcc. nrcs. usda. gov/report. Generator/view/custom. Single. Station. Re port/daily/978%3 Aid%3 ASNTL/7%2 C 0/WTEQ%3 A%3 Avalue%2 CSNWD%3 A%3 Avalue%2 CPREC%3 A%3 Avalue%2 CTOBS%3 A%3 Avalue%2 CTMAX%3 A%3 Avalue%2 CTMIN%3 A %3 Avalue%2 CTAVG%3 A%3 Avalue

To make your prediction it can be helpful to know the snowpack levels at Bogus Basin SNOTEL in past winters.

2014 Deepest snow last year = 76 in on April 2 nd Greatest water equivalent last year = 25. 4 inches on April 7

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-followup-project/ Send your prediction to- kmcclay@winterwildlands. org