Water conditions update
An episode of the Box Elder News Journal's Podcast podcast, hosted by Box Elder News Journal, titled "Water conditions update" was published on March 11, 2026 and runs 3 minutes.
March 11, 2026 ·3m · Box Elder News Journal's Podcast
Summary
Despite some decent storm activity in February, Utah’s snowpack has continued to hover around record-poor condition. At the highest elevations in Utah’s mountains, snow water equivalent (SWE) measured at SNOTEL sites is actually close to normal, but conditions quickly drop off as elevation decreases. For example, as of March 1, the Spirit Lake SNOTEL site, at an elevation of 10,240 feet, on the north slope of the Uinta Mountains was reporting nine inches of SWE (97% of normal). In contrast, t...
Episode Description
Despite some decent storm activity in February, Utah’s snowpack has continued to hover around record-poor condition. At the highest elevations in Utah’s mountains, snow water equivalent (SWE) measured at SNOTEL sites is actually close to normal, but conditions quickly drop off as elevation decreases. For example, as of March 1, the Spirit Lake SNOTEL site, at an elevation of 10,240 feet, on the north slope of the Uinta Mountains was reporting nine inches of SWE (97% of normal). In contrast, the Hickerson Park SNOTEL to the north, but at an elevation 9,120 feet, has only 3.5 inches of SWE (56%...
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