That's where much of the state's water supply comes from - and the more the better.

The Colorado river basin is in dire need of a good spring runoff

But the water levels in Lakes Powell and Mead are a concern.

Mead hasn't been this low since it was filling after the Hoover Dam was built. Lake Powell is in the same situation.

http://mead.uslakes.info/level.asp

http://lakepowell.water-data.com/

What they need is a major hurricane type drenching in the upper basin to fill those lakes again!

Millions of people and thousands of acres of agriculture depend on the Colorado River watershed. It has been experiencing a long term drought for a decade or more.

I'll believe it when I see it.

It was supposed to be awful today, start snowing by 4...

It's just starting to get windy now, still nothing...not even flurries...

Maybe tomorrow I will wake up buried, but ya, nothing yet!

A few weeks ago, we were supposed to get 4-6 inches. We ended up with 12.7 inches. We were supposed to get maybe an inch Wednesday, we got about 4 inches and it just kept snowing long after they said it was done. So sometimes they are very wrong, and sometimes they are right, and even underestimate.

Right now it's just rain... been raining all nite. It's 36 degrees, not quite cold enough for snow... I expect it should start sticking maybe midday?

We've had so little snowpack over recent years that streams dried out by Spring. This means we might have rushing streams through summer. And this will help our drought-stricken pines.

given recent drought years, we need as much precip as we can get...

and two feet projected for lake level, Tahoe. This isn't going to be a wicked killer storm, but it certainly will be significant.

and not let it all flow into the ocean?