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Snowpack down after dry January

RBC I Following major storms in December, Colorado snowpack looked pretty good, even measuring above average around most of the state. The welcome precipitation broke a “particularly dry” early winter, pushing snowpack to above median levels in some areas of the state. This led experts to project “well above normal” streamflow forecasts for all major river basins.

As a result of continued dry conditions year-over-year, hydrologists have noted that above-average snowpack is now necessary in…