Snowpack conditions still good; runoff expected to be above normal

RBC | While February brought substantially less precipitation to Colorado than the previous two months, snowpack and precipitation accumulations were near normal, leaving us with well above normal snow water equivalent (SWE) and water year precipitation amounts. As of March 1, statewide snowpack was at 139 percent of the 1981-2010 median value. Mountain precipitation across Colorado SNOTEL sites averaged out to be exactly 100 percent of the normal accumulation this February. This forced a drop…