<font color='black' size='3' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'>we are very dry in the deming area and farther north - we have had .1 rain since last august - we just had a 2000 acre fire in our county - the largest ever - we are hotter earlier this year with some temps in the mid to high 80's<br>
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<div><STRONG><FONT size=3>Keith and Mary</FONT></STRONG></div>
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<div><STRONG><FONT size=3>Deming, NM</FONT></STRONG></div>
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From: Trekker4 <Trekker4@aol.com><br>
To: pct-l <pct-l@backcountry.net>; cdt-l <cdt-l@backcountry.net><br>
Sent: Thu, Apr 7, 2011 7:57 am<br>
Subject: [Cdt-l] Mountain Snowpack Map...<br>
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<div>for 1 Apr 2011 came out this morning:</div>
<div><A href="http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/support/water/westwide/snowpack/wy2011/snow1104.gif" target=_blank>http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/support/water/westwide/snowpack/wy2011/snow1104.gif</A></div>
<div>The snowpack is far worse/deeper than last year in every PCT and CDT state but NM; compare it to 2010:</div>
<div><A href="http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/support/water/westwide/snowpack/wy2010/snow1004.gif" target=_blank>http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/support/water/westwide/snowpack/wy2010/snow1004.gif</A></div>
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<div> It's gonna be a tough year for thru hikers, and section hikers like me; the streams will be dangerous into July. I'm totally having to replan my summer; at least I can finish NM in Apr-May, but I've decided to start earlier. Water may well be a huge problem in NM this year, as my Big Bend part of TX and all of NM are extremely dry. Wildfires are a daily occurrence here right now, as we've essentially had no rain for over half a year.</div>
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<div> The AZT & GET are affected low snow, therefore low water probably. They'll get hotter earlier I'd guess. We're warmer than normal here in Big Bend, and have been for 2-3 weeks. </div>
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<div><FONT lang=0 size=2 face=Arial>Bob "Trekker" Brewer<br>
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