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Fresh Powder Helps Snowpack, Drought Improvement Remains Uncertain

by KREX News Room
by Kristina Kuestner

Story Created: Dec 27, 2012 at 11:52 PM MDT

Story Updated: Dec 28, 2012 at 12:18 AM MDT

DENVER (AP)- The fresh snow is helping Colorado's snowpack, but climate researchers say the outlook for improving the state's drought remains up in the air.

According to State Climatologist Nolan Doeskin, this week's snow provided some relief from dry conditions that prevailed in early December.

But Doeskin says the forecast for January doesn't include much moisture.

Snow levels were as low as 40 percent of average earlier this month in the state's eight major river basins.

On Thursday, levels ranged from a low 63 percent of average in the Arkansas River Basin to 85 percent in the Yampa and White River Basins.

The U.S. Drought Monitor shows Colorado conditions ranging from moderate to exceptional drought.

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