Alta snowiest October-February on record

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Feb 22, 2023
5:20:09pm

TempeCoug All-American

Alta snowiest October-February on record

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This 22-inch storm has bumped up our season-to-date snowfall to 528 inches—the snowiest October through February stretch in the 43-year history of the Collins study plot.

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Alta snowiest October-February on record

TempeCoug

2/22/23 5:20pm

Nice drought buster winter

2/22/23 5:22pm

Lake Powell is saved!!!

Dark Forest Green

2/22/23 5:25pm

Unfortunately not so great (yet) on the Colorado side where it matters for LP.

2/22/23 5:26pm

120-135% for the Upper Colorado basins before this storm. That is a very good snowpack.

SingleStrapBackpack

2/22/23 5:34pm

But not a game changer

ABCoug

2/22/23 6:11pm

Can I interest you in a job at KSL?

2/22/23 6:18pm

This is a cool tool to see where water goes:

cougfanblue

2/22/23 5:39pm

That's awesome! I dropped it in North Wyoming and it flows North almost to the

2/22/23 10:17pm

What makes you say that?

Big12Yfan

2/22/23 5:40pm

Because snowfall in the state of Colorado represents the lion's share of water that ends up in Lake Powell. The Wind

SingleStrapBackpack

2/22/23 5:44pm

I was asking Boisebluecoug why it wasn’t so great

Big12Yfan

2/22/23 5:49pm

Ah, yes. I didn't understand what he meant by that either. CO snowpack might not be nearing record levels like UT but

SingleStrapBackpack

2/22/23 5:51pm

Yep. Solid year… but with LP reaching all-time low levels, it will take many,

2/22/23 6:04pm

None of the major Utah watersheds in UT will be 200% after this storm. A few smaller ones like SW Utah and SE Utah

SingleStrapBackpack

2/22/23 6:16pm

Didn't Powell just hit a historic low two days ago? I am curious if there

P-Boy Squad

2/22/23 5:27pm

The water maps are looking good though

2/22/23 5:34pm

Probably going to be another 30-40" at least before February is done

SingleStrapBackpack

2/22/23 5:25pm

You think?

eysikal

2/22/23 5:29pm

Or possibly more

SingleStrapBackpack

2/22/23 5:32pm

Maybe not on record, but in 43 years anyway. What is the Collins study plot?

BlueTooth

2/22/23 5:28pm

Colorado drainages were all about 120-135% of normal before this storm. Upper Green drainages in WY were about normal.

SingleStrapBackpack

2/22/23 5:32pm

Holy moly, that's 44 feet.

2/22/23 5:29pm

Huh, Lake Powell has been dropping for 40 years.

CMAC38

2/22/23 5:31pm

No it hasn't. It was chock full for sure in 1998, if not a couple years beyond that. And I think it filled up most years

SingleStrapBackpack

2/22/23 5:33pm

According to internet Peak Fill was 1963.

CMAC38

2/22/23 5:36pm

That's incorrect. 1963 was the year that the dam was finished and the reservoir began to fill. First time it reached

SingleStrapBackpack

2/22/23 5:42pm

I don't know how it could be any more full than it was in 1983. I remember pics

BlueTooth

2/22/23 5:43pm

I'm pretty sure 1983 is the highest it's ever been. It was over capacity that year. It's been at capacity since – but

SingleStrapBackpack

2/22/23 5:45pm

Haha, stupid internet needs fact checking. Their #'s don't add up.

CMAC38

2/22/23 5:48pm

I think you just need to look at a different place on the Internet 🙂

SingleStrapBackpack

2/22/23 5:49pm

And it was about then that both Powell and Mead were full. Powell has been full other years, but not Powell and Mead...

Brisco

2/22/23 6:23pm

Lake Powell and the CO river system will continue to drop. It isn’t a

The Pope

2/22/23 5:35pm

Confused by this statement. Is Lake Powell not man made? I've only been once.

CougaRR4L

2/22/23 5:52pm

Seems clear to me. Maybe it has been edited.

Brisco

2/22/23 6:26pm

Sorry, I was typing fast. My point was the CO River pact between the

The Pope

2/22/23 9:01pm

RE: Huh, Lake Powell has been dropping for 40 years.

cougfanblue

2/22/23 5:48pm

Cool, but what about Mirror Lake?

Brisco

2/22/23 7:06pm

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