No good news in the snowpack and water supply numbers
Russ Schumacher The peak in mountain snowpack (the amount of water stored in the snow) is typically in early April in Colorado’s southern mountains, and later in April in the north. Looking…
End-of-February snowpack check-in: ok in the north, bleak in the south (plus, a message about our federal government partners)
By the time March rolls around, we have a lot of information about how the snowpack accumulation in Colorado’s mountains is going to turn out. For those familiar with statistics,…
Another fast, early melt in the southern mountains
As we’ve covered in previous posts, the peak snowpack in Colorado’s mountains generally looked pretty decent this year, with the amount of water stored in the snow peaking pretty close…
Colorado mountain snowpack in 2024 so far: decent, fine, ok
We spend a lot of time thinking about snow in our mountains, because Colorado is a headwaters state, and the water stored in that snowpack ends up serving ecosystems, farms,…
Understanding and Predicting Our Precious Western Colorado Water Supply
Peter Goble The Colorado River is the lifeblood of the desert southwestern United States. Its water is used by a population of over 40 million people, is an important source of hydropower,…
Does 80% of Colorado’s precipitation really fall west of the Continental Divide?
For our inaugural post, we’ll take a deep dive into a question that we get asked pretty regularly, and that can cause a fair bit of confusion. (These are the…