NOAA issued a special report identifying a spring melt cycle in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere that it called “not normal. ... (SWE)—a measure of water content in the snow—had fallen to around 45 ...

The Colorado River provides water for cities from Denver to San Diego, 30 Native tribes and farmlands from the Rocky Mountains to northern Mexico. The river has long been overallocated, and its ...

As the end of spring 2025 approached, snow water equivalents (SWE)—a measure of water content in the snow—had fallen to around 45% of average in the Pacific Northwest’s mountains.