Whazzup?

Well, Sports Fans, looks like our euphoria of yesterday was well placed.  The Happy Jack SNOTEL has gained a full 12 inches (AKA One Foot) of snow since midnight.  Better yet, the SWE gain was a whopping 1.3 inches.

In the World of SNOTEL Guys, there's such a thing as "snow to water ratio."  In a perfect world, one inch of rain would equal 12 inches of snow.  Being as a Perfect World is an Imperfect Thing, it never really works out that way.  So, what's good about these numbers is that the NEW one foot of new snow is what is widely known as "wet, heavy snow."  The 1.3 inches of water should have produced 16 inches of snow.  In the Perfect World of River Runners, this is a wildly FUN thing!  Hopefully, Arizona River Runners (both the company AND those unaffiliated free radicals who call themselves Arizona river runners) will be celebrating with copious high fives and lots of libation of the high octane variety.  Congratulations, folks, ya'll got yerselfs a righteous river season!

OK, let's take a look-see at the other SNOTELs and see whazzup.

Are you ready for some SNOWFALL?   (Cue theme song to Monday Night Football).

Just as Happy Jack (and Jack's gotta be HAPPY!) got the gift of a generous snow-water ratio, Baldy fared even better in the Grand Scheme of Things.  Get this, Baldy got 19 inches of snow since midnight!  Yes, you read that right.  The snowpack went from 46 inches to 65 inches TOO-DAAY!  However, the snow water equivalent only rose 8ths of an inch.  That means Baldy's snow is like the Powder of Your Dreams.  Light & Fluffy and enough to fill the floor of Heaven itself.  WOW!  Is this like good or what?  Yes, like real good, Dude! 

This was a classic Winter Win-Win Situation.  Everyone won.  No one lost.  You can count Happy Campers 'til the cows come home.  The snowstorm was every bit as good as predicted.  Sometimes even the weather wonks get it right.  Every dog has its day.  Life is good, how 'bout you?

Cheers, jp