TomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️<p>The predictions and news are bad for the Rio Grande Valley and Albuquerque. (Also Las Cruces)</p><p>As John Fleck says "We will learn a great deal this year."</p><p>=========================================</p><p>We are heading into a remarkable year on New Mexico’s Middle Rio Grande. Here are some critical factors:</p><p>1. The preliminary April 1 forecast from the NRCS is for 27 percent of median April – July runoff at Otowi, the key measurement gage for New Mexico’s Middle Rio Grande.</p><p>2. Current reservoir storage above us is basically nothing.</p><p>3. Reclamation’s most recent forecast model runs suggest flow through Albuquerque peaked in February. It usually peaks in May.</p><p>========================================= </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/@jfleck@fediscience.org/114280366140800380" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">universeodon.com/@jfleck@fedis</span><span class="invisible">cience.org/114280366140800380</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/River" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>River</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Albuquerque" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Albuquerque</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RioGrande" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RioGrande</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@jfleck" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jfleck</span></a></span> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LasCruces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LasCruces</span></a></p>