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Rio Grande Basin: Spring and Summer Water Supply Forecast

Mar 19

March 19, 2019

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Mountain Time

The Colorado and New Mexico portions of the Rio Grande Basin experienced exceptional drought over the past 18 months. The winter of 2018-2019 has seen a return of average to above-average snowfall in the upper basin. Will this snowpack translate into all-important run-off in the Rio Grande Basin? Greg Waller of the National Weather Service West Gulf River Forecast Center will provide a look ahead into water supply projections/forecasts for the spring and summer periods.