Snowpack in Summit County above average
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- Created on Tuesday, 14 December 2010 16:09
- Written by Nathan
By JANICE KURBJUN, SUMMIT DAILY NEWS
As of mid-December, the Colorado River Basin snowpack is up more than 67 percent compared with last year, information from the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Division shows.
Compared with average figures for the basin, which includes the Blue River watershed and extends to western Colorado, the snowpack is up about 25 percent above average for this time of year.
For all SNOTEL sites in Summit County (areas where the division has automatic snow survey equipment installed), last year's mid-December snowpack was well below average, but this year the situation has reversed. Copper Mountain's SNOTEL average is to have snow with the liquid equivalent of 4 inches. As of Dec. 13, the snow water equivalent is at 7.4 inches.
So, the Summit County snowpack is good news for the area, but down south there are already some drought concerns.
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