FINALLY! Big Snow Event Brings Relief To Central Wyoming

Parts of Wyoming, mostly central, have been missing out on all of the glorious snow pack that everyone else had this winter.

That's all about to change.

A winter storm that's scheduled to move into our area, Thursday - Friday, March 6 - 9 will finally provide the much-needed moisture that the central parts of Wyoming have been missing and begging for.

This storm could be a real doozy for these counties.

Those with livestock should be out there getting ready.

So what's with the snow hole in the center of Wyoming?

There are several reasons for it.

The good news is that as we get into spring there is plenty of opportunity for the central areas of Wyoming to get wet.

The below snow pack average is from the Wyoming Climate Office.

First, we can blame a few high pressure systems that parked themselves over the middle of Wyoming, denying the area the moisture that everybody else was getting.

How winter weather enters our area also plays a key role.

Mountain ranges from Washington State over to Wyoming can cast a weather shadow.

That's why you see such low percentage to the east of the Bighorn Mountains and Laramie Range.

The mountains around central Wyoming got plenty of snow.

In fact, Wyoming's mountains have above average snow pack for the year, and more snow is coming.

That's good news for this summer's fire season, up in the mountains anyway.

It's a surprise to many that the driest time of the year in this part of the country is December through the end of February.

March is finally providing much needed relief for these dry counties.