Autumn Temperatures for Eastern Third of the Country; Developing Offshore Coastal Storm

Cooler and less humid conditions for most of the eastern third of the nation as high pressure dominates the weather pattern. Otherwise, rather tranquil weather for most of the nation for the end of the weekend into the start of this week. We continue to monitor a developing coastal storm offshore of the Carolinas; Coastal flooding and beach erosion possible along portions of the Mid-Atlantic. Read More >

So we are about a month out from when the snowpack reaches its normal peak depth and theoretically should contain the most liquid or snow water equivalent (SWE). The normal date for this peak in Colorado is April 9th and in Utah April 4th but the actual peak date varies in any given water year.

This time series graph of snowpack for Colorado shows the current (dark blue) state of the SWE compared to normal (red) and 2017 (blue). As of March 5th the snowpack in the State of Colorado was 69% percent of normal and 52% of what it was on this date in 2017.

Here is a similar graph for Utah, again not a lot of good news.

Below is a visual map of SWE made using ground, airborne and satellite data comparing the snowpack of the past two years on March 5th.

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Autumn Temperatures for Eastern Third of the Country; Developing Offshore Coastal Storm

Comparison of the March 5th Snowpack of 2018 vs 2017 across Utah and Colorado