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<br />Colorado Drou~ht Watch <br /> <br />Snowpack Levels 52% of Average <br />As of April I, 2002 <br /> <br /> 100% <br />" 90% <br />'" 80% <br />.. <br />~ 70% <br />" <br />> 60% <br /><( <br />- 50% <br />0 40% <br />- <br />c 30% <br />" <br />" 20% <br />~ <br />" 10% <br />l1. <br /> 0% <br /> <br />Statewide Snowpack by Basin <br /> <br /> <br />~4>' -~ "....# ,,"I>~ -4..,<,~ ,{p#' A"1!' r;.1I''' <br />0" eft" coc. ~c. 'f'. Q;9'" c!J' <br /> <br />Precipitation as of April I, 2002 <br /> <br /> 100% <br />" 90% <br />co 80% <br />.. <br />- 70% <br />" <br />> 60% <br /><( <br />- 50% <br />0 40% <br />- <br />c 30% <br />" <br />u 20% <br />- <br />" 10% <br />"- 0% <br /> <br />Precipitation by Basin <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.~"/ ., ., .&> .~~ ~., .. <br />..i!>"- ~ ~-4.'V .."- {ft. ..';!jS <br /><::>" ":f'.~. # Q!'G c!J' <br /> <br />. 2/23/02 <br /> <br />Q 3/18/02 <br /> <br />04/1102 <br /> <br />. 3/18/02 <br />04/1/02 <br /> <br />April 2, 2002 <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Snowpack <br /> <br />. Snowfall across Colo. <br />rado was below aver- <br />age during February <br />and March. <br /> <br />. This marks the fourth <br />consecutive month <br />with below normal <br />snowfall and it has re- <br />sulted in a continued <br />decrease in the state's <br />snowpack. as a percent <br />of average. <br /> <br />. This is the lowest <br />snow pack on this date <br />since 1977. <br /> <br />. The scate's snowpack <br />typically reaches its <br />maximum level around <br />April I of each year. <br /> <br />Precipitation: <br />. The liquid equivalent <br />(inches) of rainfall. <br />snow, sleet, or hail, <br />collected by <br />precipitation storage <br />gauges. <br /> <br />. Manually measured <br />precipitation gauges <br />are usually used and <br />are measured near <br />the end of the month <br />to determine an <br />approximate monthly <br />precipitation total. <br /> <br />2 <br />