April snow too little, too late to save Wyoming’s historically low snowpack
Wyoming has seen a decent amount of snow in the first week of April, but meteorologists says it’s officially too little, too late to save the state’s historically low snowpack, which has been melting for weeks. The spring storm brought much-needed moisture to several dry spots across the Cowboy State. … Tony Bergantino, the director of the Water Resources Data System and the Wyoming State Climate Office, finally said the word that describes this past winter’s miserable snowpack. “I guess you could say that it’s ‘unprecedented,’” he said. … Bergantino added that Wyoming could already be primed for a disastrous fire season.
Other snowpack news around the West:
- KOLO (Reno, Nev.): Nevada snowpack hits record lows, but rain keeps Tahoe/Truckee water outlook near normal
- The Fence Post (Greeley, Colo.): Colorado faces limited water supply after record-low snowpack
- FOX13 (Salt Lake City): Utah extreme drought conditions explode across state
- Aspen Public Radio (Colo.): Wildfires burn more living trees in low snowpack years, study finds
- Colorado Public Radio: Why scientists still use a milk scale and antique aluminum tubes to track Colorado’s record-low snowpack
- AP News: Video: Record low snowpack in Colorado could spell trouble for millions in the U.S. West
