Snow pack in the Rockies is up by 158%. Lake Meade levels are still low and projected to stay low but keep in mind that may be partly due to the water being stored & planned to be stored upstream as stated in the article below.
“LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Snowfall has delivered a bright outlook for the Colorado River, stocking the mountains with water that should comfortably carry about 40 million people for another year.
And while we all know by now that it’s fleeting — as temporary as the weather forecast in spring — it’s still a good place to be after a couple of harrowing years on the edge.
Snowpack has built the Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) stored in the Colorado Rockies to 158% of average. That’s up about 8% in just one week”.
“The map above shows SWE above normal in every region of the Upper Colorado River Basin, including 134% in the critical Colorado Headwaters region and an astounding 477% in the mountains in the Four Corners area:
477% — Lower San Juan (Four Corners area)
106% — Delores (southern Colorado Rockies)
206% — Dirty Devil (southern Utah plateau)
202% — Lower Green (northeast Utah)
187% — Upper San Juan (northwest New Mexico)
165% — Gunnison (south-central Colorado)
149% — White-Yampa (north-central Colorado)
134% — Colorado Headwaters (central Colorado)
117% — Upper Green (southwest Wyoming)”
“If you think the deep snow will directly translate to more water in Lake Mead, temper your expectations. Water managers have already set the course for the next few months, planning to fill up reservoirs upstream from Lake Mead in an effort — some say a desperate effort — to preserve “normal” in the times of climate change”.
https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-...r-water-users/