Despite forecasts of heavy rain and possible flooding in the coming days, state water managers are warning that the “snow drought” in California’s Sierra Nevada could remain for the rest of the winter and into the spring. Swain said while it’s hard to predict how the snowpack will turn out, this year could end up with a below-average snowpack “because …
LOS ANGELES — California is beginning 2024 with a below-normal mountain snowpack a year after it had one of its best starts in decades, and officials said Tuesday that the weather whiplash has made the outcome of this winter uncertain. The water content of the statewide snowpack was 25% of the average to date, said Sean de Guzman, a water …
LOS ANGELES — This year’s epic snowpack in California’s Sierra Nevada could top records, state officials said Monday, and significant flooding is expected when it melts and flows down from the mountains. The water content of the statewide snowpack as reported by a network of automated sensors on Monday was 237% of average to date, said Sean de Guzman, water …
After a spring storm, a worker clears the deck of snow at the top of the aerial tram at Palisades Tahoe on April 17. But on Friday, the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab in Donner Pass said it had received 76 inches of powder since the start of the month thanks to April’s storms — nearly doubling the 41 …
A fisherman on the shore of Folsom Lake during a drought in Folsom, California, last month. “Without any significant storms on the horizon, it’s safe to say we’ll end this year dry and extend this drought a third year.” California’s water year runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30. California California snowpack dwindles after a dry January After one of …