The snowstorm that hit the state on Wednesday has only slowed the rapid runoff process this month, but did little to replenish the basins or the reservoirs.

"The statewide snowpack is 76 percent of average, down considerably from March 1, when it was 92 percent statewide," said Mike Gillespie, snow survey supervisor with the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

If the snow amounts from last Saturday and Wednesday’s storm were combined, it would only make up for half of the 2 inches of moisture that has been lost this month due to the warm weather. And even that small gain will be erased in the next day or so, when temperatures will get back into the 50s and 60s.

"We have a very short period of time to catch up statewide," said Gillespie.

Typically, the average peak precipitation is reached on April 12.

"We would need 868 percent of average (precipitation) to get back to average in that short period of time," he said. "The odds of that happening are practically zero."

The amount of precipitation needed is 5 inches of water, which translates to 50 inches of snow that has to fall between now and April 12.

"Two-foot blizzards would do wonders but that’s probably not going to happen," Gillespie said.