Greetings!  Spring is here, and in the Colorado Rockies that usually means lots of wet snow.
So far, this spring is trending in that vein, with C1 recieving 3.73 inches of snow water 
equivalent this month.
So, our very slim snowpack until this month, is beginning to recover.
By my records, on 30 March 2001, the C1 snowpack was  74% of average, with
a water equivalent of 10.0 inches in 39.9 inches of snow depth.  This is an increase 
from 65% last month.  
By the NRCS records, C1 snowpack has increased 13% over last month, but is at 70% right now.
They also show that the South Platte drainage is no longer in last place in the state for snowpack
accumulation, a position it has held all winter.  This distinction now
belongs to the Laramie/North Platte basins which have 79% of average.  The South platte
is at 83% today.  The top ranking basin is
still the Upper Rio Grande, with 108%, up just a touch from last month's 107%.
So, the jet stream finally shifted to a steady northwest flow pattern over us, resulting 
in fairly steady moisture deposition now in contrast to most of the winter when the
storms  dodged us to the south.  This has increased the northern Colorado
basin snowpacks somewhat, but the same general pattern of this winter is still true.  The
southwest is at or above normal, and snowpack levels decline to the northeast through the state.

Now we shall see if April will continue this increase.  If you remember last year, April was
abnormally dry, resulting in an earlier spring melt, and subsequently a longer summer season
which was dry, too.

Following is the historical record.

Cheers!
Mark

Sno Tel Data  Niwot Ridge, C-1
Snow Water Content (inches)
Values are for the end of given month
except as noted for May and June

     Season     Dec      Jan      Feb      Mar      Apr     May            Jun 
      81/82    4.75     10.5     11.75    15.5     14.9    12.0   (17th)
      82/83    3.63              4.75     12.75     17     11.75  (30th)
      83/84    12.6     13.25     15      18.9     20.75   
      84/85    3.75     6.25      8.5     10.25    8.75
      85/86     6.5      7.5      14      15.38    17.5
      86/87    6.25     8.75     11.25    12.75    11.75
      87/88     6.5      9.1     12.4     15.75    14.5
      88/89     5.5      7.6      11      10.25     5.6
      89/90     6.5     9.25     10.75    16.1     16.5
      90/91      3        5       7.1     9.38      10
      91/92    6.65     6.75      8.5     12.25    10.25
      92/93    5.75     6.75     10.75     14      15.875
      93/94    7.125    9.063    12.25    13.25    13.25     2.5  (18th)
      94/95    2.625    3.925     7.0     10.125   16.75    17.0  (22nd)  12.375  (13th) 
                                                            19.75 (30th)
      95/96    7.50     12.00    17.5     20.375   18.75     6.125 (15th)
      96/97    8.75     12.625   15.125   14.625   20.375   18.0   (15th)
      97/98    7.0625   10.0     10.125   12.875   17.25    12.875 (15th)
      98/99    3.25     6.625     8.375    9.125   14.125   14.25  (15th)
      99/2000  3.5      7.5      10.625   12.375    7.625   
      00/2001  4.375    5.375     7.125   10.00

     Average   5.778    8.306    10.694   13.301   14.289