Snowpack is still low in western Montana. Unfortunately, this also means a low snow water equivalent. Snow water equivalent is how much water is available in the snow to feed our water supply during ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – It was this time last month when we started to make some headway on the snow water equivalent across the state. The Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) is a snowpack measurement used ...
Snow water equivalent for the Blue River basin has remained consistent with the 30-year median, still ahead of last year. As of June 8, the Blue River basin has just over an inch — 1.3 inches in fact ...
(KTXL) — Since the beginning of 2023, California has seen a record-setting amount of snow across the state, especially in the Sierra Nevada, setting up the state to close in on the records for the ...
The amount of water in the region’s mountain snowpack is critical for water supplies heading into summer and early fall. Snowfall in the mountains has finally resumed after several interruptions this ...
A new modeling tool from INSTAAR provides weekly snow-water equivalent estimates for the entire Western US. Last week, INSTAAR’s Mountain Hydrology Group released its fifth near-real-time report on ...
According to OpenSnow, Aspen Mountain received 20 inches of snowfall between Monday and Friday of this week, but the city’s Drought Response Committee might still recommend moving to Stage Three Water ...
A week and a half of storms has helped the Weber Basin reach a critical benchmark for this time of year. Posts on the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District’s Facebook page late this week heralded ...
Record-low snowpack and warm winter reset Idaho’s water baseline. Boise-area reservoirs likely drawn to zero this year, risking next year. Low water could limit ag output, recreation, power and raise ...