Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Glacier's winter snowpack peaked at ~80% of average

Glacier National Park's winter snowpack peaked at roughly 80% of its normal average this past season. Moreover, according to the Flattop Mountain Snotel station, the snow is melting rapidly this spring. The station is recording its lowest values for this date in 50 years, which is currently at just 14% of its average at this time:
Hopefully this doesn't translate into wildfires later this year. Here's a link to the graph above.



Jeff
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