Drought for the west
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JEL
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Moving pairs to better pasture. Won’t last long. We haul water since the reservoirs are dry and a day after setting a tank we had antelope hitting it. Tough conditions all around up here. 
antlerradar
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That looks tough.
JEL
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Supplements. Usually not necessary this time of year.
elkduds
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Some relief today for central and eastern CO
elkduds
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And it is very wet snow
Alabama
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Do you know how much snow there was in the Wet Mtns south of Canon City? I know some of that country went from severe to extreme drought when the drought monitor came out Thursday. I'm glad you guys are getting some moisture.And it is very wet snow
elkduds
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Looks like 10ish inches around Westcliffe. It has been an average wet spring farther south by Rye.
Update, Beulah, 14"
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shrapnel
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Doing some metal detecting in eastern Montana, it hasn’t been this lush in years…
I normally look at the country-wide 24 hour radar loop every day or two. With the drought as severe as it is I always glance towards the western states to see if it's raining. I see on the radar that northern New Mexico has some sprinkles showing up. Is it hitting the ground down there @hank4elk
We just picked up another 0.1” 0.25” or so. It’s amazing the difference between this spring and last. I haven’t seen balsam root this tall and thick in 4-5 years.
We’re still listed as moderate drought status, but timing of the precipitation has been outstanding.
We’re still listed as moderate drought status, but timing of the precipitation has been outstanding.
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Lots of info.
www.drought.gov
Drought Update for the Intermountain West
NIDIS and its partners will issue future drought status updates as conditions evolve.
Had some virga around sunset yesterday, mixed in a sandstorm.
The term drier than a popcorn fart was mentioned to me twice by old timers in town early voting. Bad as it gets, is the common term by locals way older than me. Sand building up around the gramma grass in places.
Only glimpse of hope is that SW NM could be in for higher than average monsoon, if it gets to us soon enough.
Another day of extreme fire danger today ,winds 40mph.
marksjeep
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Good info. Snowmelt runoff leaving the state tanked with the colder weather. Might rebound next week a touch. Historic median streamflow at state line is > 10kcfs from May 15 thru June, with close to 30 days > 15kcfs. Not this year. April-June runoff volume forecast for the entire basin in your link is dismal.
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/dvstat/?referred_module=sw&site_no=09163500&por_09163500_19083=345733,00060,19083,1951-05-01,2021-11-07&format=html_table&stat_cds=p50_va&date_format=YYYY-MM-DD&rdb_compression=file&submitted_form=parameter_selection_list
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/dvstat/?referred_module=sw&site_no=09163500&por_09163500_19083=345733,00060,19083,1951-05-01,2021-11-07&format=html_table&stat_cds=p50_va&date_format=YYYY-MM-DD&rdb_compression=file&submitted_form=parameter_selection_list
We've received about an inch of precip in two events since last Wednesday. Unfortunately one of those events dropped lots of lightning and started a new fire. Looks like yesterday's moisture helped to call it contained.
