A total of 0.38” in the preceding week, bringing our MTD catch for December to 2.42”. That’s only 57% of PRISM average with only three days left in the month. Looks like we’ll get some of that back before NYD but we’ll end December with a deficit – the good news is that even if we don’t get another drop we’ll end the first quarter of the water year with a surplus to average, and surface soils remain moist, so we'll stick with "near normal." Pond level is down about an inch from where it’s been, but still higher than summer control depth. Pond is frozen over; ducks have gone elsewhere and the swans are keeping a small space of open water for themselves. Terrestrial birds are busy at the feeders, and there are lots of bunny tracks in the new snow.