Western US Snowpack Looking Pretty Depressing Right Now The below-average-snowfall start to the season weโve had is correlating with well-below-average โcurrent snow water equivalentโ, or snowpack, for the western states. The map above shows that hurting the most are California, Nevada, Oregon, Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico all with well below average snowpacks. In fact, 99.5% of Colorado is experiencing abnormally dry to drought conditions and its [โฆ] Weather Steven Agar | January 12, 2018 1 Comment