Rain on Snow up to 7,000 - 8,000 feet in Clearwater Basin above Dworshak Reservoir Jan 26, 2015 IDWR State Water Supply Meeting Feb 13, 2015 Ron Abramovich.

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Rain on Snow up to 7, ,000 feet in Clearwater Basin above Dworshak Reservoir Jan 26, 2015 IDWR State Water Supply Meeting Feb 13, 2015 Ron Abramovich Water Supply Specialist USDA NRCS Snow Survey Boise, Idaho

Feb 1 – 13 Precipitation as % of Feb Monthly Total Panhandle121% Spokane & Clearwater 74% Salmon & Weiser 82% Payette, Boise Big Wood 93% Little Wood & Big Lost 90% Little Lost & Birch 67% Mud Lake & Henrys Fork 45% Snake abv Palisades 62% Raft & Goose 70% Willow, Blackfoot & Portneuf 49% Bear 55% Salmon Falls & Owyhee 47% Bruneau 22%

Feb 1 Panhandle Snowpack varies with elevation, many snow courses in the lower 10%ile Feb 1 CDA Snow Index (Lookout & Mosquito Ridge) shows the 26.1” which is lowest since 2005 & 5 th lowest since record starts in “ of SWE at Benton Springs Snow Course, 4,920 feet, in Priest River is 5 th lowest since record starts in 1937 (lowest years: and 2015)

SWE as of Feb 13 Clearwater Basin Selway 115% Locsha 96% NF Clearwater 81% Clearwater Basin 85% Salmon abv Salmon 115% Lemhi115% MF Salmon101% SF Salmon 94% Little Salmon 81% Salmon Basin106%

2014 Apr-Jul runoff 14% avg Mud Flat SNOTEL site melted out Feb 10 previous earliest melt-outs: Mar 1, 1981 Mar 8, 1992 Mar 27, 2001 Mar 4, 2014

Idaho Surface Water Supply Index February 1, 2015

Need above 70% of average runoff

Need above 100% of average runoff

Soil moisture slides

Trinity and the road to Trinity Mountain SNOTEL site Feb 11, 2015 Questions?