Snowpack in the Rockies is lagging well below average. Colorado River forecasters still see hope on the horizon.
The Colorado River relies heavily on snowpack in the Upper Basin states — Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — that melts ...
Upper Colorado Basin Snowpack falls behind: Your February Water Status Check
As of early February, the snow storage for our water system in the Southwest is at 76% of the 30 year average. Meanwhile, ...
New snowpack numbers show Colorado is in need of more snowstorms
Our weekly statewide snowpack numbers are out and they don't look good for southwestern areas of Colorado. Of the eight main ...
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Will the next six weeks turn around Southwest Colorado’s dismal snowpack?
When Punxsutawney Phil saw this shadow Sunday, the rodential meteorologist predicted six more weeks of winter. Although the ...
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The Colorado River is salty. But where does salinity come from, and what’s being done about it?
Of all the challenges facing the Colorado River, there’s at least one that all stakeholders are working on collaboratively, ...
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Forecasters predict low flows into Colorado River this winter, spring
The result is that the federal Colorado Basin River Forecast Center is now predicting that April through July flows into ...
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The Roundup | Rare earth elements, an Upper Basin negotiating breakthrough and a school district’s transgender name change debate
This week in The Roundup, Heather Sackett and Eleanor Bennett help us understand emerging environmental and social factors ...
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Cloud seeding to boost rain, snow hasn't proven effectiveness, federal report says
Many water officials have seen cloud seeding as one possible fix for the U.S. West's extended drought, but a new federal ...
Colorado weather: Here’s where snow is expected during morning commute
Weather Advisory is active through 5 p.m. Thursday for the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Wet Mountains, upper Rio Grande Valley ...
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Warmer weekend despite increasing clouds
The weekly Drought Monitor update shows abnormally dry conditions becoming more widespread across Western Colorado.
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Upper Colorado Basin Snowpack falls behind: Your February Water Status Check
That's the Upper Colorado Basin snowpack, which is our long-term water storage system that's replenished every winter. Currently, that snowpack sits at 76% of the 30 year average. That's a pretty ...