Snow on the west Rockies

[LUVNLIFE]

So does anyone know if these storms are helping our lakes out west of the Rockies. Fill them all up I say :D

[77charger]

snowpack above lake powell is 94.something percent as of now.But will need aa few more years of this kind of winter to fill back up.

[Mrs CP 19]

Have friends in Steamboat Springs (literally about 25 miles west of the continental divide) Told us before winter it was going to be a good one. So far it's looking that way. They've had a lot of snow for only being this far into the season. They won't get this storm of ours. Their storms mainly come down from Canada. It's still looking good though with all the rain we've had.

[Sleek-Jet]

Have friends in Steamboat Springs (literally about 25 miles west of the continental divide) Told us before winter it was going to be a good one. So far it's looking that way. They've had a lot of snow for only being this far into the season. They won't get this storm of ours. Their storms mainly come down from Canada. It's still looking good though with all the rain we've had.
True for the Northern parts of the Rockies, but the San Juans and that part of the world get's most of it's moisture from the storms moving up from the Baja/Southern California.
My family back home reports that the San Juans have been hit with some pretty good storms this fall, lots of moisture early, which equals a good run off. Keep your fingers crossed everyone.
From the Durango Herald:
Snow at higher elevations increased the snowpack in the San Miguel/Dolores/Animas/San Juan basin to 93 percent of its 30-year average for the date, according to the National Resources Conservation Service. The snowpack reached 38 percent of what it would traditionally be at its peak in April.
All of those basins drain into the San Juan River.

[Mardonzi]

Durango received .5 inches of precip out of yesterdays storm and they are slated to get rain or snow for the next week...

[Sleek-Jet]

Yep, that quote was from todays paper.
We still need to get our spring snows though. If it quits snowing right now, we're focked again. Most of the moisture in the snow pack shows up in the March/April/May storms.