At the start of March, the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center reported that snow levels above Lake Powell were 87% of the median — the median snowpack in the area between 1991 ...

The amount of snowmelt expected to reach the key reservoirs on the Colorado River this spring is far below the median of the last two decades, despite near-normal snowpack levels and heavy March ...

Federal forecasts reveal that water flows into Lake Powell are expected to be only 76 percent of the seasonal norm this year, a drop from the 81 percent prediction made earlier this month.