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There is service provided I think by the NRCS called Snowtel. They measure snow levels and the water equivalent in the snow. This way they can help to determine what irrigation will be available this year. Our little watershed is lumped together with 2 others. The measuring sites are all by name (Smith meadow, etc). I only recognize one of the name on the 19 sites listed. One the things posted is the percent of normal for this date. Lots of the sites are in the 20 to 30 percent of normal. The average of all the sites is 43%. We better get some snow in the mountains fairly soon or it is going to be a mighty dry summer.
 
Dave said:
There is service provided I think by the NRCS called Snowtel. They measure snow levels and the water equivalent in the snow. This way they can help to determine what irrigation will be available this year. Our little watershed is lumped together with 2 others. The measuring sites are all by name (Smith meadow, etc). I only recognize one of the name on the 19 sites listed. One the things posted is the percent of normal for this date. Lots of the sites are in the 20 to 30 percent of normal. The average of all the sites is 43%. We better get some snow in the mountains fairly soon or it is going to be a mighty dry summer.
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I do believe you are correct about NRCS at least collecting the data. I would suspect FSA has access to the processed data at a minimum as well. I'm not entirely sure as Snowtel is specific to regions. Particularly the mountainous west where typically arid lower elevations are dependent upon winter accumulations for spring snowmelt and runoff for a summer and fall water supply.
 
chevytaHOE5674 said:
You hire the trucking and I'll load them all free of charge with as much snow as you want.

If it keeps up snowing all day today we will reach our longterm yearly snowfall average sometime this afternoon at the end of Janurary, with Feb, Mar, April, and May yet to go.
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The area which supplies run off to our little reservoir is 309 square miles. And the reservoir holds 25,000 acre feet of water. The snow off your place would be just a drop in the bucket.
 
Dave said:
The area which supplies run off to our little reservoir is 309 square miles. And the reservoir holds 25,000 acre feet of water. The snow off your place would be just a drop in the bucket.
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Just depends how much you want to truck in ha. We've got plenty enough snow in the region to fill your little reservoir.
 
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Travlr said:
We need a change in the jet stream. Anybody got any ideas on how to make a jet stream change directions?
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High pressure block over the Rockies is forcing the jet stream way north, then bringing the arctic cold over the eastern U.S. I think weatherman said this is the most snow we’ve had here in northern Ohio since 2014.
 
Travlr said:
We need a change in the jet stream. Anybody got any ideas on how to make a jet stream change directions?
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The jet stream tends to run mostly north/south where we are, so our weather can turn fast one way or another other with a slight shift. I would prefer to keep it just to the east of me a little more during the winter months, so I too am open to ideas.
 
I saw an article about the lack of snow pack in the west. About 99% of the article was complaining about the ski resorts not having enough snow to operate. One little bit about the lack of run off having a negative impact on agriculture. City people can't go on vacation and slide down mountains. But don't worry about food because we all know that comes from the grocery store.
 
Dave said:
I saw an article about the lack of snow pack in the west. About 99% of the article was complaining about the ski resorts not having enough snow to operate. One little bit about the lack of run off having a negative impact on agriculture. City people can't go on vacation and slide down mountains. But don't worry about food because we all know that comes from the grocery store.
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SO DA%@# true...
 
It’s about to be wake up call for many in the cities. Especially since it looks like the seven states aren’t likely to reach a agreement prior to the Feb 2026 deadline to avoid federal intervention of the Colorado River compact
 
Rmc said:
It’s about to be wake up call for many in the cities. Especially since it looks like the seven states aren’t likely to reach a agreement prior to the Feb 2026 deadline to avoid federal intervention of the Colorado River compact
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Might be a good time to get serious about desalination plants. Of course with the national debt where it is... good luck with that.
 
Travlr said:
Might be a good time to get serious about desalination plants. Of course with the national debt where it is... good luck with that.
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Not much salt water in the Colorado river basin so don’t know how that would have any meaningful impact.
 
Rmc said:
Not much salt water in the Colorado river basin so don’t know how that would have any meaningful impact.
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Much of the river goes to LA for drinking water. As far as I know none of the river gets to the ocean due to use in California.
If the river is being fought over, I'd say the states upstream have some leverage. Lake Powell and Lake Mead are both disappearing. California may need a different source for drinking water... and they are the ones that have access to salt water.
 

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