Winter is on its way, and the Big Horn Mountains will get the first dose.
The National Weather Service in both Riverton and in Billings, MT have issued a winter storm watch for the mountain range.
The watch is in effect from 6pm Wednesday, October 11th, until 6am Friday, October 13th.
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The first half of the winter 2022-23 season has been a snowy one in the Big Horn Mountains, and the first snowpack numbers of the season show it.
As of February 1st, the Tongue River and Clear Creek drainage areas are between 112 and 113 percent of the 30-year average, and both are at 132% compar
The rain and snow systems that have passed through Sheridan County in each of the past two weekends have improved snowpack numbers for the area.
For the first time this year, the overall snow-water content in the Big Horn Mountains within Sheridan County is above average.
According to the US D
The March 2022 snowpack report for Sheridan shows that levels haven’t changed much from the previous month, and it could be misleading in a bad way.
According to the US Department of Agriculture, many areas in the Big Horn Mountains report that snow levels are anywhere from 52 to 106 percent of a
The snowpack and snow-water content in the Bighorn Mountains didn’t change much from January to February, and is still below the 30-year average for this time of the year.
The US Department of Agriculture reports that as of March 1st, most of the readings in the Tongue River and Clear Creek Drain