From The Declining Spring Snowcover Department
Experts tell us that spring snowcover has seen rapid declines in the Northern Hemisphere over the last 20 years. As of today, western US snowpack averaged by state is 137 percent of normal.
According to USDA Snotel measurements, Arizona is 446% of normal. California is 131% of normal. New Mexico is 184% of normal. Nevada is 126% of normal. Montana is 104% of normal.
Lake Powell water levels have risen four feet in the last month and are 56 feet higher than they were on this date in 2005.
http://lakepowell.water-data.com/graphingengine.php?graphing=1+back_days=150
Salt Lake City just had its latest spring snow on record. Mammoth is expecting a big Memorial Day snow storm.
The Obama administration (42% approval) forecasts heat and drought for the western US. Let’s see how they are doing!
http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/products/maps/acis/wrcc/WaterTDeptWRCC.png
http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/products/maps/acis/wrcc/WaterPNormWRCC.png
Apparently Arnie’s efforts to stop global warming have been successful.
Schwarzenegger has emerged as a national leader on global warming, the one whose name most frequently comes up in foreign capitals when international cooperation on reducing carbon emissions is discussed. Al Gore might have a Nobel Prize, but Schwarzenegger heads a state that, if it were a country, would rank among the 10 biggest economies in the world. Given the Bush administration’s unwillingness to seriously address the problem, Schwarzenegger’s initiatives to mandate hard emissions targets and set up carbon-trading schemes with other states and Canadian provinces make him this country’s most forward-thinking governor, and its greenest Republican.
The only thing that Arnold is famous for in any and all Disabled Kalifornia State Residents Homes is the fact that; “We all have had $100.00 and more ripped from our Disability Awards, which money actually came off of all of OUR Dinner Tables!” Thanks Arnold, you are really a stand-up guy! Taking money away from a Disabled Persons measly Award must make you very proud! I will Boycott any and all Arnold Movies from this date on!
Huh?
http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/data/water/wcs/gis/maps/az_swepctnormal_update.pdf
REPLY: SNOTEL reports have an unfortunate side effect of being incomplete if they aren’t called in. This looks incomplete. -A
GeoFlynx says: May 28, 2010 at 9:20 am
* = Data are not available or data may not provide a valid measure
of conditions
and therein lies the rub
i saw these same graphs, which after having just been in Flag, i knew to be inaccurate. i searched and searched and could not find any data points for where the actual snow is. you would think NAU would at least have something up there.
i also have it on authority from the dirtbag climber network that at least as of a few weeks ago, the high ranges of southeast AZ and south NM also still have snow on them. it was what we call a split flow year, most of the storms came in from socal/n baja (where several new highway bridges washed out), hence the large snowpacks. the persistently snowy desert ranges really stand out this year. at one point ski apache had more snow than mammoth.
don’t know where anthony got his numbers
http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/data/snow/basin_reports/arizona/wy2010/basnaz5.txt
4″ of snow fell at the weekend here in Scotland. Ski season extended into June – fantastic.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100601/tod-scottish-skiers-enjoy-the-snow-in-ju-870a197.html