snowpack

Officials say the real threat remains a few weeks away.

The Sweetwater Basin increased to 212 percent.

National Weather Service hydrologists say the Wind and Little Wind river watersheds in Fremont County have a high potential for flooding.

The water situation across the state of Wyoming will be generally very good this summer, but in some places, too good.

Currently, the low-level snowpack is melting out, prompting a flood watch through Wednesday night for portions of northwest, southwest and west-central Wyoming

January precipitation totals across Wyoming were 170 to 180 percent of average.

National Weather Service meteorologist Richard Emanuel says recent cold and wet weather near Cheyenne may be the result of La Nina.

We may have hated all the shoveling and lousy commutes during the snowstorms of March, but they did wonders for the snowpack, and therefore for summer water.

Global warming could put Wyoming and other Rocky Mountain states' water supplies at risk.

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