Snowpack news: Great looking statewide map but % of normal is misleading after runoff starts

Check out the Basin High/Low graph for your favorite basin to see how much snow water equivalent is left. There will be a new streamflow forecast for Colorado released week after next. Below is the streamflow forecast from May 1.

May 1, 2015 Colorado streamflow forecast map via the NRCS
May 1, 2015 Colorado streamflow forecast map via the NRCS

3 thoughts on “Snowpack news: Great looking statewide map but % of normal is misleading after runoff starts

  1. Hi,

    Thanks as always for your tireless work. I would be interested in seeing a primer post from you explaining why “% of normal is misleading after runoff starts.”

    You’ve mentioned this a few times in your posts, but I am unclear about why.

    Thanks! Gunnar Paulsen

Leave a Reply