Given all the rain and snow in #Arizona this summer I've been watching the snow pack and reservoir levels for months. The SRP reservoir levels have been boring since they've been pegged at 100%.
Just in the last few days has it dropped to 99%. But now we're getting weird early monsoon storms.
More rain in #arizona yesterday. SRP reservoir system at 95%, Roosevelt at 98%. The only thing not in the 90% is Horseshoe which is at 74% and there's probably plenty of runoff to come.
https://streamflow.watershedconnection.com/DWR?reportDate=2023-3-22
Another cloudy day in #Phoenix #Arizona. There's still snow uphill in the Verde and Salt Watersheds. Roosevelt is at 89%. I guess the salt and verde reservoirs will be effectively full at the end of the season.
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/WCIS/AWS_PLOTS/basinCharts/POR/WTEQ/assocHUC6/150602_Verde.html
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/WCIS/AWS_PLOTS/basinCharts/POR/WTEQ/assocHUC6/150601_Salt.html
https://streamflow.watershedconnection.com/DWR?reportDate=2023-3-14
Here's the result of yesterday's snow in the Salt River #Arizona watershed.
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/WCIS/AWS_PLOTS/basinCharts/POR/WTEQ/assocHUC6/150601_Salt.html
There's more snow in Northern #Arizona, rain across the state. The Salt River reservoirs are at 81% and Verde at 70%. There was even thunder and lightning with last night's storm. NOTE the snowpack increased since my Feb 7 update.
https://streamflow.watershedconnection.com/DWR?reportDate=2023-2-14
https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/data/water/wcs/gis/maps/az_swepctnormal_update.pdf
The USDA has an interactive site that compares current with historical snow pack information by watershed, country wide I think. So for the #Phoenix #Arizona area served by SRP you can see the Salt and Verde areas here:
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/WCIS/AWS_PLOTS/basinCharts/POR/WTEQ/assocHUC6/150601_Salt.html
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/WCIS/AWS_PLOTS/basinCharts/POR/WTEQ/assocHUC6/150602_Verde.html
There's still snow in northern #Arizona. The Salt river reservoirs are up to 80% and Verde system is up to 68%.
refs:
https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/data/water/wcs/gis/maps/az_swepctnormal_update.pdf
https://streamflow.watershedconnection.com/DWR?reportDate=2023-2-6
All that snow is still sitting up north. The Salt River reservoirs are at 80% and the Verde is at 67%. More precipitation expected this week.
https://streamflow.watershedconnection.com/Dwr
https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/data/water/wcs/gis/maps/az_swepctnormal_update.pdf
All that snow is still sitting there ...
Roosevelt is at 75% and the Verde system is up to 65%.
Boy was is it 🥶 today.
https://streamflow.watershedconnection.com/Dwr
https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/data/water/wcs/gis/maps/az_swepctnormal_update.pdf
Roosevelt is at 73% (up from 69% a few days ago). It's snowing in Flagg, there's snow pack up north, looks like the Verde reservoirs (currently 60%) will benefit the most from that melting so far.
Image is percentage of 1991-2020 Median
So, it's snowier this year ...
Refs:
https://streamflow.watershedconnection.com/Dwr
https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/data/water/wcs/gis/maps/az_swepctnormal_update.pdf
That #atmosphericriver keeps flowing ... thanks for filling up Roosevelt Lake ... more than 80k af added in the last two week. This is how #Phoenix #arizona continues to exist.
https://streamflow.watershedconnection.com/DWR?reportDate=2023-1-15
I love satellite imagery. Here's the GOES West (18) full disk animation for Upper Level Water Vapor. #arizona #wx
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/fulldisk_band.php?sat=G18&band=08&length=12&dim=1
The playground at Papago Park in #phoenix #arizona https://poly.cam/capture/1BB148CD-BB6C-4DA4-8B50-EE970E099FD2
Mmmm, I think I'm hungry, this green chili dish from https://ovenandvine.com/ on
https://azpbs.org/checkplease/
looks delicious.
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