Despite near-average snowpack levels in the Rocky Mountains, forecasts for Lake Powell inflows remain low. While snowfall in the Upper Colorado River Basin is close to average, dry soil conditions and below-average precipitation in the Lower Basin are expected to impact water runoff into the reservoir.
The Rocky Mountains have gotten near-average snow this year. So, why are forecasts for Lake Powell inflows so low?
The amount of snow in the Upper Basin states — Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — doesn’t only determine ski conditions. In the spring, that snowpack will melt into the Colorado River and eventually spill into Lake Powell and Lake Mead, affecting the water supply for 40 million people across the West., said last week that “areas with better soil moisture conditions and better snowpack conditions are the areas where the forecasts are more favorable.
But forecasters currently predict that runoff into the reservoir between April and July will only be 81% of the thirty-year average. That’s a drop from theThe Lower Basin region — Arizona, California and Nevada — picked up almost zero measurable precipitation in December. Locals in St. George have also saidUtah’s soil moisture is also below average and worse than it was this time last year.
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