National Climatic Data Center, 15 January 2004

For a third week in a row, strong winter storm systems continued to migrate through the Pacific Northwest, California, northern Nevada, and northern Utah improving seasonal snowpacks to above average. In contrast to above average snowpacks, significant storm systems have missed the Southwest this winter. Snowpacks in Arizona and New Mexico continue to be well below average, ranging from 20% to 50% of average.