Latest estimates place the Upper Colorado River Basin snowpack at just 83 percent of the historic median for this time of year.

Lake Mead, the source of almost ... ever dipped below what’s known as the “dead pool” level of 895 feet, it would be unable to release water to the Lower Basin states that depend on it ...

Typically, Lake Mead's water levels stall, or the increase slows, during the winter months, but a graph shows that isn't the case this year. Lake Mead has risen 8 feet since the start of the year.