Mann Creek Reservoir is approximately 80 percent of normal

Unusual weather patterns are not seriously affecting the current Weiser area snowpack, which is doing reasonably well for January, said recently retired Weiser Irrigation Systems chairman Vernon Lolley.
 Normal snowpack is considered approximately 3 to 3½ feet in the Van Wyck area and 6 feet in the Bear Saddle area. Currently, the snowpack above the Mann Creek Reservoir is approximately 80 percent of normal, and the basic fill comes from the Bear Saddle area. The 80 percent will fill the reservoir, said Lolley.