Snow Pack -- Western US -- Gettng Ready For Skiing -- November 9, 2018

Snow pack in November, 2015, government figures:

Snow pack in November, 2018, same government source (google: snowpack westwide snotel; or google: usda nrcs snow pack westwide SNOTEL):

It appears President Trump is cutting government. Note the small print in the graphic above:

Notice: We anticipate this map will not be available next year (2019) due to staffing constraints. Alternative maps: https://go.usa.gov/xnzxk. 

And, yes, that link works -- at least it did for me just now.

Wow, look at Colorado and central Montana/Idaho this year -- all dark blue. Lots of snow for the Kennedy grandchildren who have apparently never seen snow. It looks like the far northwest and northern Nevada/California may have less snow than in 2015. But regardless, both 2015 and 2018 had significantly more snow cover across the entire region that the 1981 - 2010 median.

The current snow pack is compared to the "Basin-wide percent of 1981 - 2010 median."

• red: > 50%
• orange: 50 - 69%
• and so on, to
• light blue: 130 - 149%
• darkest blue: > 150%