Rafting Companies Make The Most Of Low Water Levels In The High Country
Despite strong spring precipitation, some rafting companies in the high country are adjusting routes earlier than usual due to low water levels. (CBS 4 Denver)
Tag: "Colorado Climate Center"
Dry Soils And Drought Mean Even Normal Snowpack Can’t Keep Up With Climate Change In The West
Assistant state climatologist Becky Bolinger said the Colorado Climate Center is working on a project that looks more closely at how much soil moisture plays a role in the snowmelt season.
Big March storms helped boost Colorado’s snowpack, but they weren’t enough to solve the long-term drought
“What we’ll need are probably multiple years of above average snowfall to really get us out of this,” said Russ Schumacher, Director of the Colorado Climate Center. (Colorado Sun)
Denver weather: March snowfall reaching historic levels this month
Extremes are exciting to track, but they also give us perspective. Assistant State Climatologist Becky Bolinger says that tracking extremes is important for several reasons. (Denver Post)
Snow, Rain A Welcome Sight In Colorado But Drought Still A Big Problem
“We’ve had three summers in a row with a failed monsoon in western Colorado and also very hot conditions,” said state climatologist Russ Schumacher. (Denver CBS 4)
Historic drought deepens in the West as window for rain, snow closes
The year 2020 is going to be remembered for a lot of things, many of them not so good. Included in the not-so-good list is the drought that has plagued the West, lasting into 2021. (Washington Post)
The Colorado River Basin’s Worsening Dryness In Five Numbers
“The droughts that we are seeing are becoming that much more severe because of the temperature component, they’re warmer,” Colorado assistant state climatologist Becky Bolinger said. (KNPR/NPR)
Climate change ravaged Colorado and the West with heat and drought in 2020. This year may be worse.
Coloradans also can look out their windows and see the “snow drought” forecasters are talking about when they say snow cover in the West is the worst it has been at any time in the last two decades. (Colorado Sun)
A Flood of Weather Watchers Joining Volunteer Group During Pandemic
CoCoRaHS is a nonprofit, community-based group of volunteers who work together to measure and map precipitation, including rain, hail and snow. (Westword)
14 Front Range cities coordinate to warn of water shortages in alarmingly dry year
“2020 was a doozy of a year,” said Peter Goble, climate specialist at the Colorado Climate Center. “And we just continue to fall farther and farther behind.” (Colorado Sun)