Early Western snowpack above normal for most areas

The Natural Resources Conservation Service produces this weekly report using data and products from the National Water and Climate Center and other agencies. The report focuses on seasonal snowpack, precipitation, temperature, and drought conditions in the U.S.

The early season snowpack in the West is currently normal to above normal for most of the region. The highest snowpacks of above 150% of median are in the Great Basin, Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range, the Milk River of Montana, and the upper Yukon River in Alaska. The Southwest has below- to much-below normal snowpack for this early time of the winter season. Another severe storm system is forecasted for the coming days to drop additional heavy snow across most of the region.  Open report>>