Hot, Dry Weather Continues in #Colorado Mountains and Plains — Northern Water #snowpack #runoff Snowpack or lack thereof 2026. Photo credit: Northern Water Click the link to read the release on the Northern Water website: March 31, 2026 The record-breaking hot and dry winter and early spring …

Hot, Dry Weather Continues in #Colorado Mountains and Plains -- Northern Water #snowpack #runoff coyotegulch.blog/2026/04/04/h...

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Mountain #snowpack should be peaking around now. This year, it’s almost gone — Russ Schumacher (#Colorado Climate Center) #runoff Click the link to read the article on the Colorado Climate Center website (Russ Schumacher): April 2, 2026 We’ve reached April 1, which is a key date in assessing where things stand with snow in th…

Mountain #snowpack should be peaking around now. This year, it’s almost gone -- Russ Schumacher (#Colorado Climate Center) #runoff coyotegulch.blog/2026/04/03/m...

Sparse snowpack in California fuels concern over fast-approaching fire season With reservoirs brimming — but snowpack abysmal — experts warn of a potentially early fire season.

California’s dire #snowpack signals early #fireSeason2026 calmatters.org/environment/wildfires/20...

200- to-1,000-year Snow Anomaly Observed in #Colorado Mountains: New analysis by the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory reveals that the 2026 snow #drought is unprecedented in the recent historical ... Graph created by RMBL Principal Research Scientist Ian Breckheimer, PhD, on March 23, 2026, courtesy of Ian Breckheimer Click the link to read the article on the Rocky Mountain Biological Laborator…

200- to-1,000-year Snow Anomaly Observed in #Colorado Mountains: Analysis by the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory -- 2026 snow #drought is unprecedented in the recent historical record #snowpack #runoff #GunnisonRiver #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification coyotegulch.blog/2026/04/02/2...

Record Hot, Dry March Wipes Out #California #Snowpack, Leaving No Measurable Snow for April Survey — California Department of Water Resources California Department or Water Resources staff conducting the fourth snow survey of the season at Phillips Station April 1, 2026. Photo credit: CADWR Click the link to read the article on the Calif…

Record Hot, Dry March Wipes Out #California #Snowpack, Leaving No Measurable Snow for April Survey -- California Department of Water Resources coyotegulch.blog/2026/04/02/r...

‘On a whole other level’: rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists Experts say brutal March heat has left critical snowpack at record-low levels – and key basins in uncharted territory

“brutal March heat has left critical snowpack at record-low levels – and key basins in uncharted territory” UGH SO SAD SKIING IS FVCKED :( #climatechange #snowpack

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‘On a whole other level’: rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists Experts say brutal March heat has left critical snowpack at record-low levels – and key basins in uncharted territory

“This year is on a whole other level,” said #DrRussSchumacher, a #ColoradoStateUniversity #climatologist, speaking about the intense heat that began #rapidlymelting the already #sparse #snowpack in March. “Seeing this year so far below any of the other years we have #data for is very concerning.”

The March heat wave has wiped out the western snowpack A record warm winter meant that snow levels across the western U.S. were already low, but an incredible March heat wave has made things even worse

April 1 snowpack this year is utterly dismal #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #Snowpack #ClimateChange #WeatherAnalysis

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#Colorado’s #snowpack takes ‘massive nosedive’ amid a ‘record-smashing’ heatwave — Summit Daily Click the link to read the article on the Summit Daily website (Ryan Spencer). Here’s an excerpt: March 30, 2026 As Colorado’s snowpack tracked near record-lows all winter long, state climato…

#Colorado’s #snowpack takes ‘massive nosedive’ amid a ‘record-smashing’ heatwave -- Summit Daily coyotegulch.blog/2026/04/01/c...

As the West’s Scant #Snowpack Melts, Coloradans Brace for a Lean Water Year: Record-high spring temperatures are worrying skiers, ranchers and water managers -- Annie MacKeigan (WaterDesk.org) #runoff coyotegulch.blog/2026/04/01/a...

Heat dome and snow melt could prime western U.S. for intense fire season | CBC Climate Change News Mountains that normally see their peak snowpack in March are brown this year, thanks to a spring heat dome that baked western U.S. for much of the second half of the month. That's raising alarm bells ...

#Mountains that normally see their peak #snowpack in March are brown this year, thanks to a spring #heatdome that baked the western U.S. for much of the second half of March. That's raising alarm bells for the #fire season, which is already ramping up.
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‘There is no good news’: Water users warned of dire irrigation season, the worst on record — The #Montrose Press #snowpack #runoff #UncompahgreRiver Click the link to read the article on the Montrose Press website (Katharhynn Heidelberg). Here’s an excerpt: March 28, 2026 With far less snowpack in the high country this year and an anemic …

‘There is no good news’: Water users warned of dire irrigation season, the worst on record -- The #Montrose Press #snowpack #runoff #UncompahgreRiver coyotegulch.blog/2026/03/31/t...

What about this warm, wacky and very weird weather? Meteorologists say #Colorado’s record temperatures in March were “anomalous.” Will we shrug it off, like so much other evidence of #ClimateChange? -- Allen Best (BigPivots.com) #snowpack #runoff coyotegulch.blog/2026/03/31/w...

Impact of #drought on rivers and Western #Colorado — KJCT #snowpack #runoff #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification West Drought Monitor map March 24, 2026. Click the link to read the article on the KJCT website (Matthew Kryger). Here’s an excerpt: March 27, 2026 Warm and dry conditions in Western Colorado…

Impact of #drought on rivers and Western #Colorado -- KJCT #snowpack #runoff #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification coyotegulch.blog/2026/03/31/i...

2026's historic snow drought is bad news for the West For much of the Western US, winter 2026 was the year snow never came.

"The record-low snowpack may be a harbinger of what a warmer future will look like in the western US."

arstechnica.com/science/2026... #badnews #coloradoriver #drought #lakepowell #precipitation #rain #snowdrought #snowpack #stresstest #water #waterrights #westernstates #wildfires #wildfireseason

Cotten: It is not a good year as far as #snowpack and many SNOTEL locations are already melted-out. However, streamflow right now is looking okay, there is a lot of water in the #RioGrande at this time for example. That means that the little snowpack we had is already coming out. #2026RioGrande

Cotten: #Colorado #snowpack map. Good new is the #RioGrande is not the lowest in the state. #2026RioGrande

An unprecedented spring heat wave — Allie Mazurek (#Colorado Climate Center) #snowpack #runoff Click the link to read the article on the Colorado Climate Center website (Allie Mazurek): March 26, 2026 Last week’s heat wave was record-smashing, extraordinary, and impossible to ignore. Given t…

An unprecedented spring heat wave --- Allie Mazurek (#Colorado Climate Center) #snowpack #runoff coyotegulch.blog/2026/03/28/a...

As Storms Pummel Hawaii, the Western U.S. Continues to Bake Amid Record-Breaking Heat Wave - Inside Climate News Unusually high March temperatures are shattering records out West—and the heat wave isn’t over yet.

It's only March but high temperatures and drought conditions and weak snowpack across the West and much of the United States foretells a harsh summer with more and intense wildfires.

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As expected, after 10 days of unprecedented March warmth, snowpack across Colorado has been absolutely decimated, now sitting at 34% of normal statewide. (1/3)

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2026's historic snow drought is bad news for the West https://arstechni.ca #anthropogenicclimatechange #climatechange #megadrought #syndication #snowpack #Science #drought

Grim outlook: #Colorado faces limited water supply after record-low #snowpack — Russ Schumacher (Colorado Climate Center) #runoff Lake Dillon, a reservoir in Colorado’s Summit County, is owned and managed by Denver Water and supplies water to people living in Metro Denver. It is Denver Water’s largest reservoir and provides a…

Grim outlook: #Colorado faces limited water supply after record-low #snowpack -- Russ Schumacher (Colorado Climate Center) #runoff coyotegulch.blog/2026/03/26/g...

2026’s historic snow #drought brings worries about water, wildfires and the future in the West -- Alejandro N. Flores (TheConversation.com) #snowpack #runoff #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification coyotegulch.blog/2026/03/26/2...

This is a graph of #snowpack above #LakePowell using 104 snow measuring stations. It was 9 inches of water on March 7, now 6 inches. Other dry years shown.There is no historical analog to this — Brad ... Colorado River snowpack evolution since Oct 2025. Melt started about March 7. Down to 6Inches now from 9 inches then. There is no historical analog.

This is a graph of #snowpack above #LakePowell using 104 snow measuring stations. It was 9 inches of water on March 7, now 6 inches. Other dry years shown.There is no historical analog to this -- Brad Udall #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification coyotegulch.blog/2026/03/26/t...

Environmental Research Letter: #Snowpack decline kindles more severe fire in the western United States — Jared A. Balik, Jonathan D. Coop, and Sean A. Parks Figure 1. Forested regions across western contiguous US with ⩾20 mm maximum snow water equivalent (SWEmax) over the 1985–2021 study period. Pixels are color-coded according to their respective Hydr…

Environmental Research Letter: #Snowpack decline kindles more severe fire in the western United States -- Jared A. Balik, Jonathan D. Coop, and Sean A. Parks coyotegulch.blog/2026/03/26/e...

Mountain towns see record-breaking temps as #snowpack and ski season take a hit — Summit Daily Westwide SNOTEL basin-filled map March 24, 2026. Click the link to read the article on the Summit Daily website (Andrea Teres-Martinez). Here’s an excerpt: March 23, 2026 With cooler weather …

Mountain towns see record-breaking temps as #snowpack and ski season take a hit -- Summit Daily coyotegulch.blog/2026/03/25/m...

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The (new) water year of our discontent: The record low #snowpack is likely to lead to record low streamflows -- Jonathan P. Thompson (LandDesk.org) #runoff coyotegulch.blog/2026/03/23/t...

#Colorado now has the worst #snowpack on record for this date. Buckle up. 🧪 🌡️ 🥵