Water Update (02/11/26)

About this episode

This episode discusses the snowpack and runoff forecasts for New Mexico's rivers, comparing the current situation to the dry conditions of 2002.

The snowpack and runoff forecasts for New Mexico’s rivers have begun conjuring up stories about the epically dry 2002. On this week’s episode, Rin Tara and John Fleck talk about the forecast, and the comparison. On the Rio Grande, the Natural Resources Conservation Service is forecasting just 35 percent of median runoff at Otowi, in north-central New Mexico, with very little water at all making it down past San Marcial downstream from Socorro. One big difference between 2002 and this year: in...

People in this episode

Hosts: Rin Tara, John Fleck

Topics covered

• snowpack
• runoff forecasts
• New Mexico rivers
• Rio Grande
• water comparison

Keywords

• water
• forecast
• drought
• Natural Resources Conservation Service

Mentioned in this episode

Places: New Mexico’s, the Rio Grande, Otowi, New Mexico, San Marcial, Socorro

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