General Awareness:  It was a cool and dry week prior to the arrival of Winter Storm Fern. We received a wintery mix across the day on Friday which provided an icy crust layer for a nice snowfall, which started Saturday afternoon and lasted well into the evening.  Melted catch on Saturday morning was 0.54 inch and 0.60 inch Sunday morning.  Snowfall as measured Sunday was 6.3 inches (snowboard measurement) with a 0.62 SWE from a snowboard core sample.  This makes our monthly precip total 1.46 inches, which is a staggering 0.9 inch above and 259% of the NOAA monthly normal and 0.75 above and 206% of the PRISM monthly normal.  These are the highest above normal deviations I have seen in my 6 years 9 months of CoCoRaHS observations.  That said, I will classify my current condition as MODERATELY WET.  Note that we have not experienced any power outages at my location. 
Plants & Wildlife:    Deer, elk and birdlife appeared healthy and normal when observed prior to the winter storm.  They seemed to have hunkered down out of sight since the snowfall began.  
Water Supply & Quality:  Winter storm road conditions prevented me from observing Rio Bonito at my normal Box Canyon Bridge location.