Storms this month have brought much-needed snow to the mountains above Lake Powell, but predictions for runoff into the reservoir this spring remain lackluster. At the start of March, the Colorado ...

Federal forecasts reveal that water flows into Lake Powell are expected to be only 76 percent of the seasonal norm this year, a drop from the 81 percent prediction made earlier this month.

But only about 4.5 million acre-feet of water are expected to flow into Lake Powell as snow melts across the Upper Basin — 70% of the median amount recorded between 1991 and 2020. That means ...