Pretty dismal snowpack numbers westwide now. Not a single basin has an above median snowpack as of February 4. Missing on that plot due to the late arrival of California snowpack data is a basin in the south Sierra, but that was below median too as of February 3.
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| Source: NRCS |
In the Wasatch, many sites are at their lowest levels since the start of the SNOTEL record, in some cases extending back more than 40 years. Every site is below the 25th percentile, meaning they are all in the lower quarter of prior snowpack water equivalent on this date.
There will be no Steenburgh winter this year.
😢😢
ReplyDeleteNorth Carolina took our snow 😭
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping we get enough snow from the upcoming storms to MAYBE help some of the the 6-7k slopes to be skiable again.
Not looking good. When is Steenburgh winter again? I know it doesn't start until Collins gets a 100" depth but when does it end?
ReplyDeleteOn another note, I have spent some more time looking at the snotel data in Utah since 1981 comparing it to the 11-year solar cycle. The correlation between above/below normal water years and the min/max of the solar cycle is very strong. Looking at Utah Water Years between 1981 to 2025 compared to a three year period that includes the solar max/min year there was a correlation in 18 of 21 (86%) years. If you just look at the eight solar max/min years and compare it to the water year it matched 7 out of 8 (88%) years.
Data can be found at UtahWeather dot blogspot dot com for anyone interested.