SNOTEL Report and Soil Moisture

Wednesday's Front Range snowstorm dumped up to 25.5 inches in Boulder and a scant half of a inch snow that fell in Grant. Heath Dewey with USDA Market News Office in Greeley shares more of the weekly SNOTEL and drought monitor reports.

Dewey: "According to the U.S. drought monitor, the D0 drought quick category increased to another 4 percent bringing the state total to 31 percent and added 3 percent of the southeastern Colorado to the D1 drought category. The NRCS SNOTEL reports the basin index percentages for the Gunnison River Basin at 94 percent; the Upper Colorado River Basin at 99 percent; the South Platte River Basin at 109 percent; the Laramie and North Platte River Basins at 107 percent; the Yampa and White River Basins at 94 percent; the Arkansas River Basins at 90 percent; the Upper Rio Grande Basin at 83 percent and the San Miguel, Dolores, Animas and San Juan River Basins at 95 percent."

The state's soil moisture as of Monday's first NASS Crop Progress Report shared by NASS Mountain Region Director Bill Meyer

Meyer: "We're about on par with last year — or even a little bit better for sub-soil — but for our top soil moisture we had 51 percent of the acreage rated adequate and 2 percent surplus compared to last year 64 percent adequate and 1 percent surplus. The sub-soil moisture supply of 60 percent adequate and 3 percent surplus, compared to last year at this time when it was only 46 percent adequate and 2 percent surplus."