The pressure is on: Colorado’s average snowpack statewide masks worrisome water conditions in the south, where water providers are banking on more storms to boost water supplies before snowmelt begins in April. Much of Colorado’s annual water supply is stored in its winter snowpack, which builds up until early April when it melts and flows into soils, streams and reservoirs. Statewide, Colorado is headed toward that April 8 peak with 92% of its normal snowpack for this time of year. … The Colorado Headwaters Basin, where the Colorado River begins; the Yampa-White-Little Snake combined basin, which supplies Western Slope communities in the northwestern corner of the state; and the South Platte Basin, which feeds rivers on the Front Range, are all in good condition.

Other snowpack news around the West:

• KPCW (Park City, Utah): Utah’s snowpack is sitting at 88% of its typical peak as of March 24
• Utah News Dispatch: With a good snowpack and federal funds now unfrozen, officials feel hopeful about Great Salt Lake
• Out There Colorado (Denver): When will Colorado’s snowpack melt away this year? Here’s a prediction