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The snow is deepest in the southwestern part of the state, where the San Juan/Dolores River Basin is seeing a snowpack of 179% of average. Such deep mountain snow is good news, but what really matters is how reservoirs and soil moisture are replenished when it melts.
Deep mountain snow is good news, but what really matters is how reservoirs and soil moisture are replenished when it melts.
While a third year of warmer and drier conditions through the winter is likely, there's a sliver of hope that cooler and wetter conditions could develop by summer 2023.
The moment wasn’t celebrated with champagne or noisemakers, but the start of this month marked the end of one water year and the start of another.
Soil moisture levels are the highest they’ve been since 2014, and that could improve next year’s spring runoff season, water officials said at a meeting of the state’s Water Availability