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<p><a href="http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/">US Drought Monitor</a></p>
<p>Wyoming snowpack is far above normal, and NOAA lists them as being in severe to extreme drought.</p>
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STATE                                            PERCENT OF Normal
  RIVER BASIN                          Number   Snow Water  Accum
                                      of Sites  Equivalent  Precip
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WYOMING
  SNAKE RIVER ........................ 20 of 20     104        91 
  MADISON-GALLATIN ...................  5 of  5      97        89 
  YELLOWSTONE ........................ 13 of 13     103        94 
  WIND RIVER ......................... 11 of 12      98        81 
  BIGHORN BASIN ...................... 10 of 11     115        94 
  SHOSHONE RIVER .....................  4 of  5     100        98 
  POWDER RIVER .......................  6 of  7     124       100 
  TONGUE RIVER .......................  6 of  7     105        82 
  BELLE FOURCHE ......................  1 of  1     675        95 
  CHEYENNE RIVER BASIN ...............  2 of  2     190       102 
  UPPER N. PLATTE .................... 15 of 18      98        88 
  SWEETWATER .........................  2 of  3      85        66 
  LOWER N. PLATTE ....................  4 of  4      98        76 
  LARAMIE RIVER ......................  6 of  6     106        89 
  S. PLATTE ..........................  2 of  3     133*       87 
  LITTLE SNAKE RIVER .................  7 of  8     103        86 
  UPPER GREEN RIVER .................. 12 of 13      97        87 
  LOWER GREEN RIVER ..................  7 of 11     127        93 
  UPPER BEAR RIVER ...................  7 of  9     102        86</pre>
<p><a href="http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/snotelanom/snotelbasin">www.wrcc.dri.edu/snotelanom/snotelbasin</a></p>
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