April Snow Report

 April showers brought a brighter outlook to Idaho’s water supply forecast according to the May Water Supply Outlook Report just released by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Additional spring rains would assure adequate water for Idaho’s numerous users.

Ron Abramovich, who’s an NRCS water supply specialist said “So far, so good for the water supply forecast. Good spring precipitation is a wildcard that can turn a near average snowpack into a winning hand by producing better runoff. That would really help in the central and southern basins where drought conditions still linger.”

 Here’s Ron: “Precipitation was good across the Southern half of the state from the Owyhee Basin to the Upper Snake where amounts ranged from 115%-130% of  average in the month of April. So that’s going to improve and maintain the water supply outlook report.”

 Was it rain or was it snow in April?  “It was a combination. We had rain in the valleys so that saturated prime soil while the higher elevation sites still received snow and a few of them are just now peaking for the season with a total amount of snow on the ground.”

 So was this a banner year? “No by no ways are we a banner year.”