{"id":50,"date":"2008-01-27T09:40:23","date_gmt":"2008-01-27T16:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=50"},"modified":"2008-09-30T19:32:17","modified_gmt":"2008-10-01T01:32:17","slug":"latest-snowpack-reports-continue-to-hold-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/colorado-weather\/latest-snowpack-reports-continue-to-hold-promise\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Snowpack Reports Continue to Hold Promise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/images\/snow2.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Snowpack above normal\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"45\" height=\"42\" align=\"left\" \/>Snowpack reports as of this morning continue to hold great promise for Colorado.\u00a0 All of the major basins are above average with the exception of the South Platte.\u00a0 Another major snowstorm is hitting the mountains today and yet another is forecast for Wednesday.\u00a0 We can only hope this pattern continues and NOAA&#8217;s forecasts of a dry first quarter don&#8217;t hold true.<\/p>\n<p>It would however be nice if some of that moisture would move out onto the front range and into the Denver area and the plains.\u00a0 There is a chance for a bit of snow in the metro area tomorrow and again on Wednesday although right now it doesn&#8217;t look like they will amount to much.<\/p>\n<table id=\"update_report_table\" class=\"data\" style=\"margin-left: 1em\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"lgtext\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Colorado SNOTEL Snowpack Update Report<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Based on Mountain Data from NRCS SNOTEL Sites<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"smtext\" style=\"text-align: center\">**Provisional data, subject to revision**<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"smtext\" style=\"text-align: center\">Data based on the first reading of the day (typically 00:00) for Sunday, January 27, 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table id=\"update_report_data\" class=\"data\" style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"padding-right: 0.5em; padding-left: 0.5em; text-align: left\" rowspan=\"2\" valign=\"bottom\" scope=\"col\">Basin<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: monospace;\"> <\/span>Site Name<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding-right: 0.5em; padding-left: 0.5em\" rowspan=\"2\" valign=\"bottom\" scope=\"col\">Elev<br \/>\n(ft)<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding-right: 0.5em; padding-left: 0.5em; text-align: center\" colspan=\"4\" valign=\"bottom\" scope=\"col\">Snow Water Equivalent<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding-right: 0.5em; padding-left: 0.5em; text-align: center\" colspan=\"2\" valign=\"bottom\" scope=\"col\">Percent of<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: right\" valign=\"bottom\" scope=\"col\">Current<br \/>\n(in)<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: right\" valign=\"bottom\" scope=\"col\">Today&#8217;s<br \/>\nAverage<br \/>\n(in)<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: right\" valign=\"bottom\" scope=\"col\">Avg<br \/>\nPeak<br \/>\n(in)<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: right\" valign=\"bottom\" scope=\"col\">Avg<br \/>\nPeak<br \/>\nDate<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: right\" valign=\"bottom\" scope=\"col\">Today&#8217;s<br \/>\nAverage<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: right\" valign=\"bottom\" scope=\"col\">Avg<br \/>\nPeak<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lgtext\" style=\"padding-top: 0.8em\" colspan=\"8\" scope=\"row\"><strong>GUNNISON RIVER BASIN <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lgtext\" colspan=\"2\" scope=\"row\"><strong>Basin-wide percent of average <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\" colspan=\"5\"><strong>132<span class=\"single_space\" style=\"font-family: monospace;\"> <\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>72<span class=\"single_space\" style=\"font-family: monospace;\"> <\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lgtext\" style=\"padding-top: 0.8em\" colspan=\"8\" scope=\"row\"><strong>UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lgtext\" colspan=\"2\" scope=\"row\"><strong>Basin-wide percent of average <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\" colspan=\"5\"><strong>114<span class=\"single_space\" style=\"font-family: monospace;\"> <\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>61<span class=\"single_space\" style=\"font-family: monospace;\"> <\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lgtext\" style=\"padding-top: 0.8em\" colspan=\"8\" scope=\"row\"><strong>SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lgtext\" colspan=\"2\" scope=\"row\"><strong>Basin-wide percent of average <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\" colspan=\"5\"><strong>93<span class=\"single_space\" style=\"font-family: monospace;\"> <\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>49<span class=\"single_space\" style=\"font-family: monospace;\"> <\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lgtext\" style=\"padding-top: 0.8em\" colspan=\"8\" scope=\"row\"><strong>LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lgtext\" colspan=\"2\" scope=\"row\"><strong>Basin-wide percent of average <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\" colspan=\"5\"><strong>99<span class=\"single_space\" style=\"font-family: monospace;\"> <\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>54<span class=\"single_space\" style=\"font-family: monospace;\"> <\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lgtext\" style=\"padding-top: 0.8em\" colspan=\"8\" scope=\"row\"><strong>YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lgtext\" colspan=\"2\" scope=\"row\"><strong>Basin-wide percent of average <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\" colspan=\"5\"><strong>99<span class=\"single_space\" style=\"font-family: monospace;\"> <\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>56<span class=\"single_space\" style=\"font-family: monospace;\"> <\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lgtext\" style=\"padding-top: 0.8em\" colspan=\"8\" scope=\"row\"><strong>ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lgtext\" colspan=\"2\" scope=\"row\"><strong>Basin-wide percent of average <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\" colspan=\"5\"><strong>148<span class=\"single_space\" style=\"font-family: monospace;\"> <\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>80<span class=\"single_space\" style=\"font-family: monospace;\"> <\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lgtext\" style=\"padding-top: 0.8em\" colspan=\"8\" scope=\"row\"><strong>UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lgtext\" colspan=\"2\" scope=\"row\"><strong>Basin-wide percent of average <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\" colspan=\"5\"><strong>150<span class=\"single_space\" style=\"font-family: monospace;\"> <\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>83<span class=\"single_space\" style=\"font-family: monospace;\"> <\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lgtext\" style=\"padding-top: 0.8em\" colspan=\"8\" scope=\"row\"><strong>SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lgtext\" colspan=\"2\" scope=\"row\"><strong>Basin-wide percent of average <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\" colspan=\"5\"><strong>141<span class=\"single_space\" style=\"font-family: monospace;\"> <\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>78<span class=\"single_space\" style=\"font-family: monospace;\"> <\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snowpack reports as of this morning continue to hold great promise for Colorado.\u00a0 All of the major basins are above average with the exception of the South Platte.\u00a0 Another major snowstorm is hitting the mountains today and yet another is forecast for Wednesday.\u00a0 We can only hope this pattern continues and NOAA&#8217;s forecasts of a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/colorado-weather\/latest-snowpack-reports-continue-to-hold-promise\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Latest Snowpack Reports Continue to Hold Promise<\/span> <span 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