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More snow needed to make up last year’s deficits

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RBC | After a below normal December, Colorado’s snowpack is approaching a pivotal point during the winter. Snowpack in the Yampa, White and North Platte basins is above normal at 104 percent of the median.Precipitation for December was 64 percent of average and water year-to-date precipitation is 101 percent of average. Reservoir storage at the end of December was 97 percent of average compared to 117 percent last year. No forecasts are available…