Dry, warm weather melting state’s western snowpack

SANTA FE (AP) – The snowpack is melting sooner than usual but remains almost above normal in many mountain areas.
The New Mexican reports the early snow melt could impact spring and summer river flows.
A water supply forecast for March from the Natural Resources Conservation Service says the western New Mexico snowpack was hit hardest.
Data shows a 40-percent loss of mountain snow that had been above average in many areas before this year’s dry February.
Several days of high tem