Wednesday Top of the Scroll: Lake Mead could benefit as Colorado snowpack increases
Mother Nature has been helpful to Colorado skiers — and eventually Nevada water users — since the start of the year. Most Colorado watersheds have jumped closer to normal snowpack after a dry start to winter. Around the start of the year, the Colorado statewide snowpack was about 67 percent of normal. A report issued Jan. 12 showed watersheds in Colorado between 68 to 81 percent of normal snowpack. Since then, snowpack has jumped to 89 percent of normal, according to the National Water and Climate Center in Portland, Ore. Much of the increase was because of about three feet of snow falling recently in the midst of Colorado’s mountain region. In addition, forecasting by the National Weather Service is projecting more snow as January continues with a “heavy risk of snow” between Jan. 22 and 24.
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