KSL: Will winter snowpack be enough to replenish Lake Powell?

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Trix said:
Wouldn't 60 feet be fun?! Lingering El Nino could bring more SW moisture. I noticed that Vail forecast has about 50% rain every day this week.
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On edit, forecasted precip percentages even higher. Those high inflow graphs are looking ever more likely!
 
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Trix said:
Well, bless the NWS. Western storms now projected to hang on the west coast this week, so watershed getting little to no precip. At least it will be warmer to hasten the runoff. Hoping the CR Cut navigable by Memorial Day. Expected several more inches per day than the 5 or so this week.
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10-Day forecast is for wet and unseasonably cool weather through Memorial Day weekend....looks like river drainages are going to stay wet, and the snowpack is going to linger late this year. Ideal conditions to keep the Colorado River running high into mid-summer! The high snow has not even started to melt yet...
 
Here are the Henry Mountains on the morning of 5/20 just after the last storm that blew thru. They are almost just as white as they have been all winter. We were also just 35 degrees here the other morning in Hanksville. Might be a little colder this Memorial Day weekend than what people are expecting. But this should be helpful for the lake level. ;)
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Trix said:
I noticed that Vail forecast has about 50% rain every day this week.
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I live in Edwards... just left Eagle and its been raining all night again. LOTS of snow and rain so far, and we still have another day or two of it. I spoke with a local ranger and he said the snowpack up top was still very deep. Should be a good consistent runoff well into July!
 
It was reported yesterday that Colorado is 99.99% drought free for the first time in 20 years since they kept track of that data. Reservoirs are still low but that's about to change!


www.thedenverchannel.com

Colorado is 99.99% drought-free as of Thursday, but water reservoirs still low statewide

For the first time in nearly 20 years of monitoring by the U.S. Drought Monitor, Colorado is experiencing nearly drought-free conditions statewide, though reservoir levels are still below normal.
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I do believe my prediction that the lake will be up 60 feet from Last year . First time in 52 years that Ripple Creek Pass on the Flat Tops of Colorado has not been open for Memorial day , because of the snow . The snow is deeper than the snow plows ! I can remember 30 some years ago that we had to move camp 3 times in 4 days at Piute Farms up the Juan . We used to launch our boats right off the shore . Maybe we can do that again some day 🎣
 
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Bon in OKLA said:
I've been wondering about why the big releases from Blue the last few days. But seeing video yesterday of an incredible amount of snow up at the Henson Creek headwaters shot from a copter explained it. There are hundreds of square miles of high up snow that hasn't even begun to melt.
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Temps this morning at some property we own 12 miles from the lake were low 20’s with another dusting of snow. Reminds my of smoking meat. Low and slow
 
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