snowmelt

Elsewhere in Wyoming, rivers and streams that ran high over the weekend are falling.

Several rivers and creeks along the Tongue, Powder, and upper Green river basins are expected to have below normal snow melt volumes.

Forecasters say the Wind River at Riverton is expected to crest at about 12 feet Monday and then slowly recede but remain above flood stage through the week.

However, cooler temperatures are slowing the mountain snowmelt that has been pouring into the rivers.

Officials with the National Weather Service say snowmelt may cause flooding in several areas of Wyoming this spring. Jim Fahey, an NWS hydrologist based out Riverton, says areas of the state with moderate-to-high flooding potential include headwater streams along the central and southern Big Horn Mountains, along the Encampment River near Encampment and Riverside, and along the North Platte River

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Preliminary forecasts for this year's snowmelt in Wyoming are predicting a runoff of about 80 percent of normal. Wyoming's winter mountain snowpack melts off from April to September. Hydrologists with the Natural Resources Conservation Service say the predicted runoff into Wyoming's streams and rivers vary from 15 percent of normal to 99 percent of average...