December Snow Outlook Hopeful As Snowpack Runs Well Below Normal

By Chris Spears
DENVER (CBS4) – The meteorological winter is beginning with statewide snowpack running well below where it should be for this time of year.
The deficit is due to a record warm and exceptionally dry fall.
All of Colorado’s eight major river basins are behind where they should be with the driest conditions in the South Platte River Basin (44% or normal).The latest 30-day outlook from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is calling for wetter and cooler-than-normal con