Forecasters Eye Snow Outlook As Colorado Snowpack Drops 5% In A Week

By Chris Spears
DENVER (CBS4) – Despite the fact that the 2015-16 snow season started off with a bang across Colorado, things aren’t looking as good as they did just a few weeks ago.
Weather patterns that bring heavy mountain snow all but seem to have dried up since the beginning of February.
During that time snowpack fell from well over 100% in late January to 99 percent of the median by March 1.
As of March 8 that number was down to 94 percent and falling fast.
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