Henry’s Fork, January 31st, 2023
Headlines from Dr. Rob Van Kirk’s Snow-Water Equivalent Report Compiled Yesterday
- Yesterday’s watershed-averaged minimum and mean temperatures ended up just a fraction of a degree warmer than those on December 22, but most stations in the watershed set new low-temperature records for the date.
- Water-year total precipitation is 104% of average, and SWE is at 106% of average.
- If SWE stays at 106% of average the rest of the winter, expected April-September streamflow will be 90-95% of average.
- At an outflow of 266 cfs, Island Park Reservoir gained 104 ac-ft yesterday and is 77% full, compared with 75% full on average.
Rob Van Kirk, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
P.O. Box 550
Ashton, ID 83420