Snowpack conditions have changed little in the past month:
still on the dry side at C1, the South Platte, and the state of Colorado.
The lowest snowpacks are in the southwestern part of the state,
and the highest are central and north.

On 31 January 2002, hand measurements at C1 showed 
the snowpack to contain 4.25 inches
of water, which is 51% of the long term average, and an increase
of 6% over a month ago.
There was only one other year lower than this, the 1994/95 season (3.9").
The SnoTel records show C1 to have 4.1" (53% of average) snow water
equivalent, and 5.7" (68%) cummulative winter precipitation.
These percentages suggest that less of the winter precipitation
has been sequestered in snowpack, than usual.

Statewide conditions, from the NRCS SnoTel records,
show the South Platte basin snowpack to be
54% of average, which is the same as a month ago. 
The highest snowpack percentage is 70% in the Upper Colorado
River basin, 
and the lowest is 48% in the Upper Rio Grande.  The snowpack
values are virtually the same as the cumulative precipitation 
in both of these basins, indicating there is just less moisture,
rather than a change in snowpack related climate conditions.

The manually measured, long term data for C1 follows.

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     9.125
      01/2002  2.625    4.25

     Average   5.628    8.103    10.694   13.301   14.031