Lake Powell should have a good year

[Moki]

Snow, snow and more snow. We just got another 14 inches of new snow at our house and expect another 1-5 inches tonight! I love it! BTW, is the Tige Ski / Snowboard Day still going on? We should have very good snow conditions.

I am glad that I put my boat in storage this year...

[oktige]

wow i havnt seen snow like that since i lived in wyoming..

[eks]

Where do you live, we got about 2 feet on the grounf right now as well, we are in Utah

[Matt Garcia]

Wow I coulnt imagine having that much snow. We have a high of 82˚ today.

[Jason B]

Wow I coulnt imagine having that much snow. We have a high of 82˚ today.

U suck
It's raining right now which is melting the 2' of snow we have. It's gonna get cold and all that damn rain will freeze.
You got a spare room Matt?

[spharis]

Wow I coulnt imagine having that much snow. We have a high of 82˚ today.

Word!


Only problem is the 234% humidity At least it cuts down on the static.

[Domsz06]

wow hope that it starts to fill some of the lakes with that!

[oktige]

Where do you live, we got about 2 feet on the grounf right now as well, we are in Utah

I live in beautiful Oklahoma.. which i have lived most of my life.. In 2001-and a couple months of 2002 I lived in Kemmer WY.. that place sucked.. hope i never got to go back....

[talltigeguy]

http://lakepowell.water-data.com/

The snowpack is listed at 127% of normal. Although it is terrific, it seems that the huge snowpack is not in the Colorado River basin.

I also think that one of the biggest months of the year for snowpack up there is February. So %127 at the end of February will mean a lot more than right now.

Some of it depends on who gets the lion's share of the runoff. If they give it all to Mead, then Powell won't rise that much. Anyone know how they are going to divide it up?

It seems that they have made it so that both lakes stay about the same % of full in the last 1-2 years. Currently, Mead is at %50 of full and Powell is at %44.

[turbonine]

The amount of runoff the Phoenix area is getting should help the situation. Our 5 lakes are filling up quickly, and are releasing a ton of water right now into the Salt river/Gila river system. This system will give Mexico its allocation, thus not having to draw off of the Colorado River system.

[Timmy!]

Doesn't lake powell's water come from Colorado? Some areas of Colorado are at 150% + snowpack for the year and they are getting another 1'-3' today/tomorrow which will only add to it.

[talltigeguy]

Doesn't lake powell's water come from Colorado? Some areas of Colorado are at 150% + snowpack for the year and they are getting another 1'-3' today/tomorrow which will only add to it.

Here are the dirty details: http://snowpack.water-data.com/upper...x.php?getall=1

The Colorado Plateau is at 178% of normal, but the upper green is only 48%, according to these guys. Somewhere on the site, they have a map that shows all of the drainages that feed lake Powell, and the majority comes from Colorado, but plenty from Northeastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming.

[Moki]

wow i havnt seen snow like that since i lived in wyoming..

Wyoming is getting pounded by the same storm as well.

Where do you live, we got about 2 feet on the grounf right now as well, we are in Utah

I'm in Utah as well, I live in Highland.

Wow I coulnt imagine having that much snow. We have a high of 82˚ today.

It's true, you suck Although I do like having 4 seasons.

wow hope that it starts to fill some of the lakes with that!

Our local lakes should do well...

http://lakepowell.water-data.com/

The snowpack is listed at 127% of normal. Although it is terrific, it seems that the huge snowpack is not in the Colorado River basin.

That's a cool website. I have it bookmarked. Thanks for sharing.

[Moki]

I love this statement from the above website:

"Blue Notch is unknown and really just shoreline launching at whatever point feels good. No minimum given except amount of courage it takes to reach this launch."

[eks]

I'm in Utah as well, I live in Highland.

I am in Spanish Fork, next to the Golf course