Blue2Orange
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Equipment
BX2380 with LA344S & QH05. SB1051. SG0554. BB1248. RB0560, Vassar dirt bucket
Our region after a few seasons of lower than normal (30 year average) experienced a normal amount of total snowfall, but the snow pack never really added up to where it should be considering the amount of snowfall. Too many warm stretches, occasional rain when it should be too cold to rain. Down at Lake level the ground was almost bare of snow by mid March. Elevation = more snow and most the ground is still covered. Water well casing top sits 18" above grade and finally appeared on March 31st.
Subscribe to a email newsletter, the "Conversation". Abstracts with links to articles written by people who are professionals in those fields. April 1st edition had a link written by a hydrologist whose area of expertise is snowpack and water flow, run off. March 31st/April 1st is a data day for measuring seasonal snowpack depth. Interesting graph from the Glacier National Park station reading. Extremely low snowpack water equivalent vs. a decent amount of total seasonal precipitation. Similar to what has happened on my property.
Concern is the potential lack of snowmelt in the western half of the USA to keep things "green" later in the year. Projection for the Colorado River basin looks a bit bleak.
Tangent topic but another negative for too warm winters: Lack of ice cover over L. Superior results in significant water loss over winter. Another winter season of minimal ice coverage. Takes over 500 billion gallons of water to increase the lake level by one inch. Local park has a ~12" diameter outflow pipe for the over flow from an artesian well. Few years back when surface level was high the pipe was completely submerged. Last few years it has been partially to completely above the surface. That's a lot of water turned into vapor and eventually deposited somewhere.
Subscribe to a email newsletter, the "Conversation". Abstracts with links to articles written by people who are professionals in those fields. April 1st edition had a link written by a hydrologist whose area of expertise is snowpack and water flow, run off. March 31st/April 1st is a data day for measuring seasonal snowpack depth. Interesting graph from the Glacier National Park station reading. Extremely low snowpack water equivalent vs. a decent amount of total seasonal precipitation. Similar to what has happened on my property.
Concern is the potential lack of snowmelt in the western half of the USA to keep things "green" later in the year. Projection for the Colorado River basin looks a bit bleak.
Tangent topic but another negative for too warm winters: Lack of ice cover over L. Superior results in significant water loss over winter. Another winter season of minimal ice coverage. Takes over 500 billion gallons of water to increase the lake level by one inch. Local park has a ~12" diameter outflow pipe for the over flow from an artesian well. Few years back when surface level was high the pipe was completely submerged. Last few years it has been partially to completely above the surface. That's a lot of water turned into vapor and eventually deposited somewhere.