Mark Farnik
EF5
Currently sitting at 36" for the winter thus far... only in the last few weeks has the snowcover finally melted out, there was a period there between early December and early February where you couldn't see the ground, or if you could it was in an area where the wind had blown it off (i.e. exposed hilltops and ridges). The drifts are just finally beginning to diminish in size, for a while there we had 4-6 foot + drifts along the majority of the east west roads throughout this part of the state, made for some very hair raising trips whenever it got windy >.< But as rough and cold as this winter has been, it still has been, at least in eastern Colorado, a much more tolerable winter than the winter of 2006-07. I pray I don't see another hellacious winter like that for a while...
The mountains, on the other hand, are a COMPLETELY different story. Every river basin in the state is currently sitting at least 110% of their normal snowpack, with many basins in the central and southern part of the state are fast approaching 200% of normal snowpack. It seems every week or so since late November the mountains have picked up a foot to three feet of snow without fail. If this pattern holds throughout the remainder of the winter and into early spring and things warm up too quickly, much of Colorado could be staring down the barrel of some very severe, perhaps even historic flooding come April and May. Yikes.
It snowed about 4" here on Valentine's Day, but otherwise it's been very dry since about the second week of January. We could use a decent snowstorm again here soon, the county roads are starting to get a little dusty again.
The mountains, on the other hand, are a COMPLETELY different story. Every river basin in the state is currently sitting at least 110% of their normal snowpack, with many basins in the central and southern part of the state are fast approaching 200% of normal snowpack. It seems every week or so since late November the mountains have picked up a foot to three feet of snow without fail. If this pattern holds throughout the remainder of the winter and into early spring and things warm up too quickly, much of Colorado could be staring down the barrel of some very severe, perhaps even historic flooding come April and May. Yikes.
It snowed about 4" here on Valentine's Day, but otherwise it's been very dry since about the second week of January. We could use a decent snowstorm again here soon, the county roads are starting to get a little dusty again.
