Recent snowfall in eastern New Mexico did not improve the long term snowmelt prospects and water supply outlook. The rest of the state is near or slightly below normal. Seasonal precipitation is near normal statewide. Northern Idaho's seasonal snowpack continues to be above normal in the north and near normal to slightly below in the south. Seasonal snowpack is extremely low in all basins.
Seasonal precipitation is approximately half of normal in all basins.
Early season rainfall has kept seasonal precipitation higher than the snowpack, but they have been slowly dropping each week. Recent snowfall in the Clovis area did not improve the mountain snowfall totals. Basin seasonal accumulations are below normal except in the Kenai and Suisitna basins which are near normal. A very strong low over the North Pacific ocean, fueled at least in part by extremely cold air pouring south out of western Alaska and Siberia, is producing a strong jet stream across the Pacific and into the Pacific Northwest. This weather pattern shows little sign of change in the next 7-10 days.