Latest Snowpack Reports Continue to Hold Promise

Snowpack above normalSnowpack reports as of this morning continue to hold great promise for Colorado.  All of the major basins are above average with the exception of the South Platte.  Another major snowstorm is hitting the mountains today and yet another is forecast for Wednesday.  We can only hope this pattern continues and NOAA’s forecasts of a dry first quarter don’t hold true.

It would however be nice if some of that moisture would move out onto the front range and into the Denver area and the plains.  There is a chance for a bit of snow in the metro area tomorrow and again on Wednesday although right now it doesn’t look like they will amount to much.

Colorado SNOTEL Snowpack Update Report
Based on Mountain Data from NRCS SNOTEL Sites
**Provisional data, subject to revision**
Data based on the first reading of the day (typically 00:00) for Sunday, January 27, 2008
Basin
Site Name
Elev
(ft)
Snow Water Equivalent Percent of
Current
(in)
Today’s
Average
(in)
Avg
Peak
(in)
Avg
Peak
Date
Today’s
Average
Avg
Peak
GUNNISON RIVER BASIN
Basin-wide percent of average 132 72
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Basin-wide percent of average 114 61
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Basin-wide percent of average 93 49
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Basin-wide percent of average 99 54
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Basin-wide percent of average 99 56
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Basin-wide percent of average 148 80
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Basin-wide percent of average 150 83
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Basin-wide percent of average 141 78

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