{"id":56,"date":"2008-02-12T06:53:29","date_gmt":"2008-02-12T13:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=56"},"modified":"2008-09-30T19:28:07","modified_gmt":"2008-10-01T01:28:07","slug":"snowpack-continues-to-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/climatology\/snowpack-continues-to-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowpack Continues to Grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"45\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/images\/snow2.gif\" hspace=\"10\" alt=\"Snow in the forecast.\" height=\"42\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The snowpack in the mountains continues to add up and we are having a great year as far as that goes.\u00a0 The South Platte, which is crucial to many metro area water reserves including Thornton stands at 108% of normal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellSpacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: 1em\" id=\"update_report_table\" class=\"data\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center\" class=\"lgtext\"><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 style=\"text-align: center\" class=\"smtext\">**Provisional data, subject to revision**<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" class=\"smtext\">Data based on the first reading of the day (typically 00:00) for Tuesday, February 12, 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"1\" cellSpacing=\"0\" style=\"width: 100%\" id=\"update_report_data\" class=\"data\">\n<tr>\n<th rowSpan=\"2\" scope=\"col\" vAlign=\"bottom\" style=\"padding-right: 0.5em; padding-left: 0.5em; text-align: left\">Basin<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: monospace\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Site Name<\/th>\n<th rowSpan=\"2\" scope=\"col\" vAlign=\"bottom\" style=\"padding-right: 0.5em; padding-left: 0.5em\">Elev<br \/>\n(ft)<\/th>\n<th colSpan=\"4\" scope=\"col\" vAlign=\"bottom\" style=\"padding-right: 0.5em; padding-left: 0.5em; text-align: center\">Snow Water Equivalent<\/th>\n<th colSpan=\"2\" scope=\"col\" vAlign=\"bottom\" style=\"padding-right: 0.5em; padding-left: 0.5em; text-align: center\">Percent of<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\" vAlign=\"bottom\" style=\"text-align: right\">Current<br \/>\n(in)<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" vAlign=\"bottom\" style=\"text-align: right\">Today&#8217;s<br \/>\nAverage<br \/>\n(in)<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" vAlign=\"bottom\" style=\"text-align: right\">Avg<br \/>\nPeak<br \/>\n(in)<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" vAlign=\"bottom\" style=\"text-align: right\">Avg<br \/>\nPeak<br \/>\nDate<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" vAlign=\"bottom\" style=\"text-align: right\">Today&#8217;s<br \/>\nAverage<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" vAlign=\"bottom\" style=\"text-align: right\">Avg<br \/>\nPeak<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colSpan=\"8\" scope=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 0.8em\" class=\"lgtext\"><strong>GUNNISON RIVER BASIN <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colSpan=\"2\" scope=\"row\" class=\"lgtext\"><strong>Basin-wide percent of average <\/strong><\/td>\n<td colSpan=\"5\" style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>148<span style=\"font-family: monospace\" class=\"single_space\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>95<span style=\"font-family: monospace\" class=\"single_space\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colSpan=\"8\" scope=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 0.8em\" class=\"lgtext\"><strong>UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colSpan=\"2\" scope=\"row\" class=\"lgtext\"><strong>Basin-wide percent of average <\/strong><\/td>\n<td colSpan=\"5\" style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>131<span style=\"font-family: monospace\" class=\"single_space\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>82<span style=\"font-family: monospace\" class=\"single_space\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colSpan=\"8\" scope=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 0.8em\" class=\"lgtext\"><strong>SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colSpan=\"2\" scope=\"row\" class=\"lgtext\"><strong>Basin-wide percent of average <\/strong><\/td>\n<td colSpan=\"5\" style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>108<span style=\"font-family: monospace\" class=\"single_space\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>66<span style=\"font-family: monospace\" class=\"single_space\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colSpan=\"8\" scope=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 0.8em\" class=\"lgtext\"><strong>LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colSpan=\"2\" scope=\"row\" class=\"lgtext\"><strong>Basin-wide percent of average <\/strong><\/td>\n<td colSpan=\"5\" style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>110<span style=\"font-family: monospace\" class=\"single_space\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>70<span style=\"font-family: monospace\" class=\"single_space\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colSpan=\"8\" scope=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 0.8em\" class=\"lgtext\"><strong>YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colSpan=\"2\" scope=\"row\" class=\"lgtext\"><strong>Basin-wide percent of average <\/strong><\/td>\n<td colSpan=\"5\" style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>115<span style=\"font-family: monospace\" class=\"single_space\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>76<span style=\"font-family: monospace\" class=\"single_space\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colSpan=\"8\" scope=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 0.8em\" class=\"lgtext\"><strong>ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colSpan=\"2\" scope=\"row\" class=\"lgtext\"><strong>Basin-wide percent of average <\/strong><\/td>\n<td colSpan=\"5\" style=\"text-align: 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colSpan=\"2\" scope=\"row\" class=\"lgtext\"><strong>Basin-wide percent of average <\/strong><\/td>\n<td colSpan=\"5\" style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>157<span style=\"font-family: monospace\" class=\"single_space\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>102<span style=\"font-family: monospace\" class=\"single_space\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The snowpack in the mountains continues to add up and we are having a great year as far as that goes.\u00a0 The South Platte, which is crucial to many metro area water reserves including Thornton stands at 108% of normal.\u00a0 Colorado SNOTEL Snowpack Update Report Based on Mountain Data from NRCS SNOTEL Sites **Provisional data, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/climatology\/snowpack-continues-to-grow\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span 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