Nevada’s water supply outlook is in trouble after snowpack in the state fell below normal for this time of year, following disappointing snowfall and persistently warm temperatures. Most of Nevada’s water supply starts as snowfall that accumulates in the mountains during the winter before melting in the spring, meaning substandard snowpacks can leave the state with a weak water supply. February marks the half-way point of the snow accumulation season in Nevada, but conditions have trended in the wrong direction since New Year’s Day, according to the Department of Agricultural Natural Resources Conservation Service’s water supply outlook report.

Other snowpack news:

• Post Independent (Glenwood Springs, Colo.): Warm weather raises concerns about Roaring Fork Valley snowpack, water supply
• The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, Colo.): Productive storms arriving after temps soar, snowpack slumps