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Looking at the Snow Pack Condition of 496% for South Eastern Utah, is it fair to say that the San Juan will get
plenty of driftwood this year? Or will it just be typical?

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Exactly my dilema. Heading there in 2 weeks for a one week fishing binge with my buds. But it is not going to be the same San Juan as last year. In fact the river will probably be screaming by the and the mud
 
Most of the drift wood comes from off the beaches and sides of the bays/canyons. It refloats as the water rises. The SJ usually has big mats of drift wood which subside once the lake starts back down. This year I'd expect the problem to be worse in the Piute area as the San Juan turns to river about the middle of the Great Bend, Chuck
 
I'm still confused by the latest figure of 2930% for SE Utah Snow Pack
I guess it's because they have not had much snow in recent years but gee.
 
Jimbo said:
I'm still confused by the latest figure of 2930% for SE Utah Snow Pack
I guess it's because they have not had much snow in recent years but gee.
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I would bet 2930% indicates that a human is involved in creating the map and will be corrected to something like 200%.
 
Jimbo said:
I'm still confused by the latest figure of 2930% for SE Utah Snow Pack
I guess it's because they have not had much snow in recent years but gee.
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The numbers this time of year and later can get really ridiculous, but are actually pretty meaningless. This is the percentage of the average snow water equivalent remaining at the SNOTEL sites. Because there is on average nearly 0" of snow left at the more southern and lower sites, any amount left appears as a huge number. For example, if there is normally 0.2" left, and we now have 2.0", that is 1000% of average, even though the actual amount is not very significant.....
 
Do not look at the percentages, look at the water content. South east Utah does not usually get the deep snows of Wyoming, Colorado, and Northern Ut. There is still tremendous snow pack to melt in the next couple of months. We were in the SJ late April and first of May, there were a few floaters out there, but not like it was in the Good hope area. Just be careful and have a great time because it sure does beat not being there.
 
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