Tracking Colorado's Changing Snowpack Patterns
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Tracking Colorado's Changing Snowpack Patterns
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For over two decades, the Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies has been monitoring Colorado's snowpack from weather stations on Red Mountain Pass. Their team digs snow pits every few weeks documenting dust layers, measuring snow crystals, and tracking how the snowpack reflects sunlight. This year they're recording unusually low snow conditions across the state while studying how dust particles reduce snow's reflectivity and speed up melt timing. Since snowpack provides 70 percent of Colorado's water supply, understanding these patterns helps water managers plan for the seasons ahead.
By Sadie Smith.
Watch this story at montezumalocal.news.
This story is sponsored by Dunkin Donuts and Keesee Motor Company.
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