@DixieFlyer Interesting that all but 2 of those are in the last 12 years, and all of them are since 1980. How much of that is the result of urban heat island affects vs warming in the low desert? Is there a decrease in freeze or near freeze events, and what percentage of the warming trend is relate...

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Video posted yesterday going over the EIS and Operational Guidelines after this year. Doesn't really start until 3:30 in.

https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/support/states/CO/products/#state=co&element=wteq Screenshot 2026-02-19 at 12-12-57 Colorado Snow Survey Products.png Substantial improvement in snowpack in the Colorado River Upper Basin region. However, that is the state wide graph and many basins like the ...

Too bad complaining about having to read doesn't make it snow. Arizona would be under 30 to 40 feet of it.

https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/p168i12.gif Screenshot 2026-02-10 at 10-02-40 p168i12.gif (GIF Image 800 × 561 pixels).png At least through the 17th, models don't show much precipitation for Arizona, and more importantly not much for the upper Colorado River. Per https://lakepowell.water-data.com/...

Screenshot 2026-02-04 at 08-21-58 NWS Phoenix.png I can not speak to 1986 or 2003. I remember 2018 in Phoenix wasn't particularly bad. No idea about monsoonal flow that summer, but there was a tropical system to affect the valley in early October. I remember this vividly, as my new house's dirt yar...

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At 33:48 it talks about the aspen (and oak) regeneration in the Wallow Fire.

Fencing can be used to limit herbivory in mechanically treated areas, but that isn't practical on the landscape.

Interestingly, NEPA, or the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and the EIS, or Environmental Impact Statement required under that act, was in response to public concerns over various environmental issues during the 1960s, and I'm sure before then in the 50s and maybe 40s. https://en.wikipedi...

@RedRoxx44
Is that going to be your official comment to Reclamation, then? That the Environmental Impact Statement is, "super important for the science types but not for me."?

Actually, water levels today at Glen Canyon are at 3536.2
https://lakepowell.water-data.com/

People talking about hydrology and the lack of winter snow over critical watershed areas?

Oh, no. No, it's just the usual complaining about something stupid and totally unrelated to the subject itself.

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Screenshot 2026-01-21 at 10-09-09 Wed 21 Jan 2026 Major winter storm to impact a large area...crippling ice...significant snow - YouTube.png Screenshot 2026-01-21 at 10-12-58 NWS Tucson Arizona.png Interesting low moving across the northern Baja appears to be creating a storm that will affect place...

@Pivo
I asked Grok the same as the original and it told me only if I really truly believe in Elon's many, many completely true and honest promises that 100% always come true. I can trust it, right? Oh, it also asked if I wanted to see nude photos. Not sure what that was about.

Oh boy! Sign me up!

I bet the AI has all sorts of helpful and very accurate gems like this little nugget of information.

AI is going to make all of our lives better! Hooray for big tech!!

Ski the Lemmon may be reporting 12 inches from the last storm, but they also report it isn't sufficient to operate the resort. Snowbowl reports 18 inches fell over the last week. Respectable. But: https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/610day/ https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predi...

@TooOld2Hike_EP
Thanks. Sounds like my phone will be good for at least another year or two.

I saw no other posts that are recent and might mention this, and are also unlocked. I appear to be running Android 14. I see online that Android 16 is the most recent OS. I recall from 2 and 7 years ago that Route Scout will not function properly if attempting to run the most recent version of RS on...

https://forecast.weather.gov/product.ph ... suedby=TWC

a listing of the totals around SE Arizona. Pretty substantial.

@RedRoxx44 Yes, I see almost 3/4 of an inch of rain on Mount Hopkins today (no idea about snow on Wrightson as it has been in the high 30s on Hopkins for the rain), and well over an inch for 2026. Plus, about an inch of rain in several small storms between Christmas and Jan 1. At least in the Ritas...

@Pivo
I don't know, but I was seeing 45/47 grouped together for a while. Perhaps he identifies as numbers?