« STARLIGHT EVENINGS AT THE SUNDECK RETURNS TO ASPEN MOUNTAIN | Main | ASPEN/SNOWMASS BUD LIGHT SPRING JAM EVENTS LINEUP »
March 07, 2008
Snowpack still above average
A proof that this winter is amazing...
Four of the last five months have seen well above average precipitation in the upper Colorado River basin, and February continued the trend.
Snowfall was 128 percent of average throughout the entire Colorado River basin in February, according to a report by the Natural Resources Conservation Service Colorado office.
As of March 1, the Roaring Fork River basin's snowpack was 169 percent of average and 154 percent of last year's snowpack - the highest levels within the Colorado River drainage.
Snowpack has been building all winter, according to the data in the report. For example, snowfall was 122 percent of average in January and 105 percent of average in December throughout the Colorado River basin.
The current basinwide snowpack is the highest its been since 1997, and only the second time since then that it's been above average at this time of year. It's also the second highest snowpack for the Roaring Fork watershed since 1968.
Forecasters are calling for an above-average runoff from April to July throughout the Colorado River basin, with the highest runoff - 141 percent of average - expected for the Roaring Fork River at Glenwood Springs.
As of March 1, precipitation statewide was 130 percent of average.
For more information on the snow pack, visit us at www.stayaspensnowmass.com
Posted by Dina at March 7, 2008 08:32 AM
