August 13, 2015 (Micro-Briefing)
- July precipitation was above normal overall for the region, with southern Utah, western Colorado, and southwestern Wyoming being the wettest areas, and west-central Utah, central Wyoming, and southeastern Colorado much drier than normal. July temperatures were cooler than normal over nearly all of the region.
- Nearly all reservoirs in Colorado and Wyoming have above-average storage for the end of July; most of Utah's reservoirs have below-average storage. As of the end of July, Lake Powell was at 13.0 MAF, up by about 0.5 MAF from the same date last year.
- El Niño conditions have maintained strength in the past month and are expected to continue through early spring. NOAA CPC precipitation outlooks for our region show a wet tilt through the late summer and fall, partly due to El Niño’s expected influence.