So far, May has been much cooler than normal, keeping our deep snowpack chilled in place. The chart housed
here shows inflows to Willow Creek Reservoir reached 950 cfs on Thursday but have since fallen off.
Today (May 24) is the average date for peak inflow to Willow Creek Reservoir. The latest weather forecast suggests that it will be at least another week and maybe considerably longer before we see this year's peak inflows. In fact, we're still adding to the snowpack at a time when we should be nearly melted out!
Right now, we're watching temperature trends very closely. Any sort of sustained warmth will trigger rapid snowmelt.
We're starting to run out of superlatives to describe this year's snow season. It'll be one for the record books in nearly all respects, and we'll be talking about it for years to come.
