For the first time this season, measurable snow fell along the Front Range urban corridor this morning. Here in Littleton, we received about two inches; while hardly sufficient to dent the dryness, the coat of snow has beautified our farm, covering the brown "grass" and lining the tree limbs.
More importantly, the mountains received a good dose of snow, a hopeful sign that our water supply may yet be rescued. Since the high country snow season will last into May, there is plenty of time for Pacific storms to deepen the snowpack and, in spring, fill our mountain reservoirs.
Unfortunately, the current storm moved rapidly across the State and, tapping into Gulf of Mexico moisture, is now dumping much heavier snow across the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest. It is not uncommon for winter snowstorms to be rather light and brief along the urban corridor; our long-lasting, upslope storms are more likely to develop in the spring, providing most of our annual snowfall in March and April.
