Well the month of February has broken the pattern of winter rains for the past 3 months with record setting warm, sunny and windy weather which has started to dry out the surface soil moisture to a depth of 1".  One-seed Juniper pollen is filling the air with thick clouds of yellow pollen blowing off the branches, getting the allergy season off to a strong start.  Snow pack is at a record high elevation snow line, affecting winter sports recreation and snow melt water for the spring run off.  With a drier than normal spring precip. predicted, the chances for increased snow pack are diminishing.