Colordo Snow Pack

[bluesjay]

Hi Guys, Here's the Colordo Snow Pack results, UGH!

https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/gi ... update.png

Plan ahead.... Montana looks much, much better right now.

Jay Edwards

[flyfishermann1955]

Jay,

Please help me check my understanding of interpreting this map. The entire southern half of CO had less than 50% of its normal snowpack and southcentral CO had only 6% of its normal snowfall; is that correct?

It must have been an extremely dry March and April!

Thanks- Ken

[bluesjay]

Hi Guys, Being a fly fisherman and not a hydrologist, or whom ever, I think that's right. Look out Taos and Albuquerque!

Jay Edwards

[troutnut]

Looks like we are in for a long hot dry summer

[Bee]

If i read this right North Platte and Steamboat got 90% snow pack?

[St Vrain Angler]

It's not what they got; it's the "Current Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) % of Normal." At one point, the South Platte drainage was over 120% of normal. Not any more.

[Bill Terry]

It's not what they got; it's the "Current Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) % of Normal." At one point, the South Platte drainage was over 120% of normal. Not any more.

Yes. The snowpack, especially in the southern half of the state, has declined precipitously in the last few weeks because of abnormally warm weather (probably the “new normal”), causing premature snow melt, and a dry spell in the last few weeks.

[cdmoore]

Here's an update for the entire West.

https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/da ... update.pdf