CRATERS OF THE MOON SNOWPACK PREDICTION CONTEST: TWIN FALLS AREA
Now that you’ve been to SnowSchool can you accurately predict the amount of snow that we will have in the mountains around Twin Falls this year? How about the snow/water equivalent? Send SnowSchool your prediction, the closest prediction wins the prize!! Winners will be announced in the spring.
Read the information below, and then send your snow depth and snow/water equivalent prediction to us by clicking this link.
Questions? Contact kmcclay@winterwildlands.org
Specifically, SnowSchool wants to know your prediction for the greatest snow depth measurement and the greatest snow/water equivalent measurement during the course of the entire winter at Magic Mountain (south of Twin Falls). One prediction (snow and water) per person please (this should be two numbers both in inches).
Example: Mary Smith- 50 inch snow depth, 14.1 inch snow/water equivalent
Once you make your prediction your name will be added to this page below and you will be able to track and compare your prediction to the live snowpack graph as it grows (or melts) each week of the winter!
The above graph is updated every hour from the SNOTEL station at Magic Mountain Click here to view a full page image of the graph.
Contest predictions will be posted here. Click this link to submit a prediction.
To view the webpage for the SNOTEL station near Magic Mountain click the picture of the station below:
View the interactive map of SNOTEL stations in the mountains of Idaho:
Want to learn more about SNOTEL and the connection between mountain snow and water?
HISTORICAL SNOWPACK DATA: Its important to keep track of snow, how much of it there is in the mountains because mountain snow is our source of water in Idaho. If we have less snow than normal, we could have less water available for people to use. In making your prediction you will want to look at what happened in previous years (see graphs below), how much snow and snow/water equivalent we have on the ground right now (above graph), any data you collected during your SnowSchool field trip, and historical/forecasted weather. To help with your predictions we’ve compiled nearly 40 years of snowpack data below-
All data since 1980-
All data collected from the Magic Mountain SNOTEL station.
Want to look up additional graphs/years? Click here!
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