{"id":42115,"date":"2020-02-19T13:55:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T20:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=63255"},"modified":"2020-02-20T07:48:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T14:48:32","slug":"storm-boosts-grand-county-snowpack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/storm-boosts-grand-county-snowpack\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm boosts Grand County snowpack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week\u2019s snowstorm upped Grand County&#8217;s snowpack to 133% of the average.<\/p>\n<p>When surveyors for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service measured snow at the end of January, the snowpack for the mountains above Middle Park was at 112% of the 30 year median.<\/p>\n<p>A storm last week dumped 30 inches of snow, bringing the snowpack to 133% of the average. Other northern and central river basins in the state also saw a 10-20% boost from the snowstorm on Feb. 6-8.<\/p>\n<p>This time last year, snowpack was at 117% of the average. Though it is still early in the winter and the snowpack could change significantly by May, surveyors say this is a good start.<\/p>\n<p>Snow density is averaging 25%, meaning that for a foot of<br \/>\nsnow there are 3 inches of water.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the measuring sites around Middle Park have been read since the 1940s. Measurements are taken at the end of each month, beginning in January and continuing through April.<\/p>\n<p>March is historically the snowiest month in Grand County and those readings are the most critical for predicting runoff and summer water supplies, as most of the High Country&#8217;s snowpack peaks around that time.<\/p>\n<p>For more info, including real time snow and precipitation data, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.co.nrcs.usda.gov\/snow.index.html\">www.co.nrcs.usda.gov\/snow.index.html<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week\u2019s snowstorm upped Grand County&#8217;s snowpack to 133% of the average. When surveyors for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service measured snow at the end of January, the snowpack for the mountains above Middle Park was at 112% of the 30 year median. A storm last week dumped 30 inches of snow, bringing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-10 10:21:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42155,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42115\/revisions\/42155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}