Southwest US hydro outlook remains below normal, with snowmelt well underway

摘要

Southwestern snowpack levels are trending below normal andupcoming weather systems are not expected to bring significantprecipitation to the region, officials said May 6 during the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center water supply webinar.Low hydropower expectations have put upward pressure on powerforwards throughout the US West.While water supply forecasts across the region remained fairlysteady month on month, they are below normal across the region,Cody Moser, hydrologist with the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,said during the May 6 webinar, the last of the season. Current watersupply forecasts across the Colorado Basin River region range from45% to 95% of normal for the April-July forecast period.