Lake Powell water supply forecast at 59% of normal Lower Colorado River Basin ranges from 58% to 97% June on-peak power forwards reach package highs May 5 Southwestern snowpack levels are trending below normal and upcoming weather systems are not expected to bring significant precipitation 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 power forwards throughout the US West. While water supply forecasts across the region remained fairly steady month on month, they are below normal across the region, Cody Moser, a hydrologist with the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center, said during the May 6 webinar, the last of the season. Current water supply forecasts across the Colorado Basin River region range from 45% to 95% of normal for the […]