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Colorado mountain snowpack beating norm by more than a third after string of March storms

The Arkansas River Basin is 11 percentage points below normal

Dry times have led to lower water levels in Colorado's Blue Mesa Reservoir, located along the Gunnison River. (Photo by Scott Willoughby/Denver Post file)
Dry times have led to lower water levels in Colorado’s Blue Mesa Reservoir, located along the Gunnison River. (Photo by Scott Willoughby/Denver Post file)
Bruce Finley of The Denver Post
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Colorado’s mountain snowpack heading into spring on Wednesday measured at 136% of the 30-year norm – an indicator that water supplies could swell depending on the overall drought, soil moisture, melting rates and future precipitation.
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