Snowpack falls below normal

RBC | Unseasonably warm and dry weather dominated the first two-thirds of March in Colorado and much of the intermountain western United States. Many automated SNOw TELemetry (SNOTEL) measurement stations in Colorado were unable to escape the heat including a substantial portion of the higher elevation locations which led to early season snowmelt. On April 1 statewide snowpack was at 108 percent of normal, down from 139 percent of normal last month and 156 percent…