Montana faces a critical threat to its water supply due to record-low snowpack levels. The Natural Resources Conservation Service's April Water Supply Outlook reveals that many low-elevation snowpack monitoring sites have already melted out by April 1, typically their peak for the water year. Above-average temperatures across the state and the West have exacerbated this situation, preventing snow accumulation and causing precipitation to fall as rain instead. Basins lacking high-elevation snow are particularly vulnerable, likely facing reduced streamflows even with above-average spring precipitation.