Dry-winter forecasts miss mark [View All]

[ben_meyers]

Dry-winter forecasts were flat wrong this year for much of Colorado and the Southwest, and weather experts say they're struggling to understand why the snow just keeps falling.

Some forecasters blame climate change, and others point to the simple vicissitudes of weather. Regardless, almost everyone called for a dry-to-normal winter in Colorado and the Southwest — but today, the state's mountains are piled so thick with snow that state reservoirs could fill and floods could be widespread this spring.

"The polar jet stream has been on steroids. We don't understand this. It's pushing our limits, and it's humbling," said Klaus Wolter, a meteorologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Colorado at Boulder.

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_8256129

And we can be grateful that they were wrong. Lets hope it refills Lake Mead, we don't need another year like 1965 which was the worst since the Hoover Dam built.