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  1. ‘On A Whole Other Level’ - Rapid Snow Melt-Off In American West Stuns Scientists
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    Experts say brutal March heat has left critical snowpack at record-low levels – and key basins in uncharted territory
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    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a <-- shared media/technical article
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    nifc.gov/nicc-files/predictive <-- shared National Significant Wildland Fire Potential @ 04/01/26 (for the next four months)
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    [ extreme lack of snowfall already in the ‘25/’26 US West winter to begin with, and now this… ☹ ]
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #weather #metrology #climatechange #extremeweather #snowpack #USWest #USA #winter #heat #melting #snowmelt #risk #hazard #water #hydrology #waterresources #watersecurity #agriculture #wildfire #risk #hazard #firerisk #watersupply #watershed #management #planning #Colorado #Utah #California #earthobservation
    @the Guardian | @nasa | @California Department of Water Resources

  2. ‘On a whole other level’: rapid snow melt-off in #America's west stuns scientists
    Experts say brutal March heat has left critical #snowpack at record-low levels
    Great Basin had only 16% of average and lower Colorado region, which includes Arizona and Nevada, was at 10%. Rio Grande, which covers parts of New Mexico, Texas and Colorado, was at 8%. "This year has the potential of being way worse than any of the years we have analogues for in the past"
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a
    #climate #climatechange

  3. ‘On a whole other level’: rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists

    Snow surveys taking place across the West this week are offering a grim prognosis, after a historically warm winter and searing March heat left the critical snowpack at record-low levels.

    #snow #snowpack #water

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

  4. #US West’s unprecedented winter could fuel a summer of disaster
    Experts say, a worrisome combination of low #snowpack and a devastating #heatwave could create a summer ripe for #climate disasters. Such conditions heighten the risk of #drough and #wildfires.
    grist.org/climate/the-wests-un

  5. Fascinating about lack of snowpack going into warm season! 18% of average. #Snowpack

    “‘On a whole other level’: rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists” theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

  6. #Colorado residents face earliest #WaterRestrictions ever — a harbinger of worse to come

    Nearly every snow basin in the Mountain West had one of its warmest winters on record and is well behind normal for water supplies.

    March 27, 2026, 9:11 AM EDT
    By Evan Bush

    "As a result of a #SnowDrought and a #HeatWave that have both set records, some Colorado residents face the earliest restrictions on their water use ever imposed.

    "#DenverWater announced Wednesday that it is seeking a 20% cut in water use, asking people to turn off automatic watering systems until mid-May and restricting the watering of trees and shrubs to twice a week.

    " 'The situation is quite serious,' said Todd Hartman, a spokesperson for the utility. 'We’re in such a dire situation that we could be coming back to the public in two or three months and saying you’re limited to one day a week.'

    "It is the earliest in the year that Denver Water has ever issued a restriction, Hartman said.

    "Colorado’s #snowpack peaked at extremely low levels on March 12 — nearly a month earlier than usual — then cratered during the recent heat wave that cooked nearly every state in the West.

    " 'We already had the lowest snowpack we’ve seen since at least 1981, and now, with the heat wave conditions, we’ve already lost about 40% of the statewide snowpack' since the March 12 peak, said Peter Goble, Colorado’s assistant state climatologist. 'Conditions are looking more like late April or early May.' "

    Read more:
    nbcnews.com/science/environmen

    #USWx #WesternUS #Drought #ClimateCrisis #WaterIsLife #ClimateChange

  7. After the West’s historic snow drought, spring could bring water shortages and wildfires

    At ski resorts across the West this winter, viral images showed chairlifts idling over brown terrain in places…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #California #ClimateChange #Colorado #drought #environment #Science #severeweather #snowpack #UK #UnitedKingdom #Utah #wildfire
    newsbeep.com/uk/489526/

  8. California’s Sierra Nevada Snowpack Declines Rapidly Due to Early Spring Heat Wave

    📰 Original title: Satellite photos show California's sudden snowpack meltdown: Now you see it, now you don't

    🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
    👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/en/californias-si

    #climatechange #california #snowpack #heatwave

  9. California’s Sierra Nevada Snowpack Declines Rapidly Due to Early Spring Heat Wave

    📰 Original title: Satellite photos show California's sudden snowpack meltdown: Now you see it, now you don't

    🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
    👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/en/californias-si

    #climatechange #california #snowpack #heatwave

  10. Western U.S. Faces Water Shortages and Increased Wildfires Due to Low Snowpack

    📰 Original title: Record Low Snow in the West Will Mean Less Water, More Fire, and Political Chaos

    🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
    👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/en/western-u-s-fa

    #climatechange #snowpack #wildfires #coloradoriver

  11. Amid drought, Colorado River standoff flares

    Some Colorado River Basin states appear to be bracing for litigation as the deadline for a plan all seven states can agree to looms – with no agreement reached.

    Meanwhile, the snowpack situation across its various tributaries paints a bleak picture for the coming summer.

    #ColoradoRiver #water #snowpack

    wyomingnews.com/news/local_new

  12. Analysis Of Colorado River Basin Storage Suggests Need For Immediate Action
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    colorado.edu/center/gwc/2025/0 <-- shared UC Boulder School Of Law paper
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    usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/ <-- shared BuRec Colorado River Basin overview page
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    usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/po <-- shared BuRec Colorado River Basin Lake Powell & Lake Mead Operations Post-2026 Update 12/05/24 presentation
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    doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033454 <-- shared 2023 paper – “Aridification of Colorado River Basin's Snowpack Regions Has Driven Water Losses Despite Ameliorating Effects of Vegetation”
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    #water #hydrology #watermanagement #management #watersecurity #agriculture #ColoradoRiver #ColoradoRiverBasin #storage #waterresources #wateruse #agreement #naturalsupply #usecase #reserve #model #modeling #hydrospatial #future #forecasts #climate #recharge #snowpack #massbalance #conservative #dams #BuRec #reservoir #operations #infrastructure #consumption #magicwater
    @CU Boulder Getches-Wilkinson Center Law Center

  13. Analysis Of Colorado River Basin Storage Suggests Need For Immediate Action
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    colorado.edu/center/gwc/2025/0 <-- shared UC Boulder School Of Law paper
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    usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/ <-- shared BuRec Colorado River Basin overview page
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    usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/po <-- shared BuRec Colorado River Basin Lake Powell & Lake Mead Operations Post-2026 Update 12/05/24 presentation
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    doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033454 <-- shared 2023 paper – “Aridification of Colorado River Basin's Snowpack Regions Has Driven Water Losses Despite Ameliorating Effects of Vegetation”
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    #water #hydrology #watermanagement #management #watersecurity #agriculture #ColoradoRiver #ColoradoRiverBasin #storage #waterresources #wateruse #agreement #naturalsupply #usecase #reserve #model #modeling #hydrospatial #future #forecasts #climate #recharge #snowpack #massbalance #conservative #dams #BuRec #reservoir #operations #infrastructure #consumption #magicwater
    @CU Boulder Getches-Wilkinson Center Law Center

  14. Analysis Of Colorado River Basin Storage Suggests Need For Immediate Action
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    colorado.edu/center/gwc/2025/0 <-- shared UC Boulder School Of Law paper
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    usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/ <-- shared BuRec Colorado River Basin overview page
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    usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/po <-- shared BuRec Colorado River Basin Lake Powell & Lake Mead Operations Post-2026 Update 12/05/24 presentation
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    doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033454 <-- shared 2023 paper – “Aridification of Colorado River Basin's Snowpack Regions Has Driven Water Losses Despite Ameliorating Effects of Vegetation”
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    #water #hydrology #watermanagement #management #watersecurity #agriculture #ColoradoRiver #ColoradoRiverBasin #storage #waterresources #wateruse #agreement #naturalsupply #usecase #reserve #model #modeling #hydrospatial #future #forecasts #climate #recharge #snowpack #massbalance #conservative #dams #BuRec #reservoir #operations #infrastructure #consumption #magicwater
    @CU Boulder Getches-Wilkinson Center Law Center

  15. Analysis Of Colorado River Basin Storage Suggests Need For Immediate Action
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    colorado.edu/center/gwc/2025/0 <-- shared UC Boulder School Of Law paper
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    usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/ <-- shared BuRec Colorado River Basin overview page
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    usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/po <-- shared BuRec Colorado River Basin Lake Powell & Lake Mead Operations Post-2026 Update 12/05/24 presentation
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    doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033454 <-- shared 2023 paper – “Aridification of Colorado River Basin's Snowpack Regions Has Driven Water Losses Despite Ameliorating Effects of Vegetation”
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    #water #hydrology #watermanagement #management #watersecurity #agriculture #ColoradoRiver #ColoradoRiverBasin #storage #waterresources #wateruse #agreement #naturalsupply #usecase #reserve #model #modeling #hydrospatial #future #forecasts #climate #recharge #snowpack #massbalance #conservative #dams #BuRec #reservoir #operations #infrastructure #consumption #magicwater
    @CU Boulder Getches-Wilkinson Center Law Center

  16. Analysis Of Colorado River Basin Storage Suggests Need For Immediate Action
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    colorado.edu/center/gwc/2025/0 <-- shared UC Boulder School Of Law paper
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    usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/ <-- shared BuRec Colorado River Basin overview page
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    usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/po <-- shared BuRec Colorado River Basin Lake Powell & Lake Mead Operations Post-2026 Update 12/05/24 presentation
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    doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033454 <-- shared 2023 paper – “Aridification of Colorado River Basin's Snowpack Regions Has Driven Water Losses Despite Ameliorating Effects of Vegetation”
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    @CU Boulder Getches-Wilkinson Center Law Center

  17. This is what happens when there is not a proper #snowpack... but, hey, isn't it awesome to be outside without a jacket in January?

    Low water levels in Québec rivers spur navigation warnings, watering bans, etc. ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/lo #climatechange #cdnpoli #polcan #polQC #QCpoli #polMTL #MTLpoli #noplanetb #nowayback #nowayout