Colorado snowpack to 96% of normal after February snowstorms
After this winter’s faltering start, the snowstorms in January and February boosted Colorado’s snowpack from around 10% to nearly 100% of normal accumulation for this time of year. … The Colorado River Basin, which provides water to 40 million people across the West, receives much of its water supply from the mountain snowpack in Colorado and other Upper Basin states. The snowpack conditions generally range between 75% and 105% of normal across the Upper Basin, which includes Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Modeling of the Lower Colorado River Basin — Arizona, California and Nevada — indicates that snowpack conditions are much higher than usual, ranging from 120% to 250% of normal.