Post by Logan on Feb 18, 2016 1:04:13 GMT -6
Even one of the strongest El Ninos on record can't seem to dent the drought on the Colorado River.
The Pacific Ocean climate pattern that typically soaks the Southwest has so far only managed to produce an average year on the river that supplies 90 percent of the Las Vegas Valley's water supply.
The latest federal projections released Friday call for the Colorado to carry about 94 percent of its average flow during the all-important April-July time frame, when snowmelt in the western Rockies collects in Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona border.
But forecasters insist there's plenty of time for the snowpack to grow and the river's outlook to improve.
Read more: www.reviewjournal.com/news/water-environment/lake-mead-water-supply-el-nino-translates-average
The Pacific Ocean climate pattern that typically soaks the Southwest has so far only managed to produce an average year on the river that supplies 90 percent of the Las Vegas Valley's water supply.
The latest federal projections released Friday call for the Colorado to carry about 94 percent of its average flow during the all-important April-July time frame, when snowmelt in the western Rockies collects in Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona border.
But forecasters insist there's plenty of time for the snowpack to grow and the river's outlook to improve.
Read more: www.reviewjournal.com/news/water-environment/lake-mead-water-supply-el-nino-translates-average