Snotels

[boje]

My wife and I have a hidden place in the Medicine Bow National Forest that we like to do a little boondocking. This location has some kind of government weather equipment/station. After some investigation, these sites are called Snotels. They relay info to the USDA. The below link is FYI. It pertains to the Western US.

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/

You can click on your state, and find a Snotel location of interest. After that, I go to the temperature last seven days, and click on that. You can get the following information.

Elevation
Lat/Long
Snow water equivalant
Snow depth
YTD precipatation
Current temperature
Previous days max/min/avg temp.

Maybe I should have put this in the Boondocking forum, but I think this may be a helpful tool for those who enjoy the western part of our country.

Bob

[Jolu]

That is an interesting site. I was surprised to see how many snotels Colorado had. I have noticed a couple of these stations before but did not know what they were and the information they provided.
Joe