NM Snowpack: How Much of It Will Stick?

MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK IS CRITICAL WHEN IT COMES TO PROVIDING IRRIGATION WATER IN THE SPRING…AND NEW MEXICO IS OFF TO A GREAT START. SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS GOT MORE THAN TWO FEET OF SNOW FROM THE LATEST STORM.

NOW, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CHUCK JONES SAYS, THE KEY QUESTION IS…”WILL IT STICK AROUND?” HE SAYS THE SNOWPACK VANISHED QUICKLY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL SPRINGS DUE TO WARM, WINDY, DRY CONDITION. HE HOPES THAT ISN’T THE CASE THIS YEAR.

JONES SAYS THE DEEPER THE MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT NEW MEXICO’S RIVERS AND LAKES WILL FILL UP IN THE SPRING WHEN THAT SNOW MELTS.