Storms in February have significantly boosted California’s snowpack, giving the state near-average conditions and ample water supplies.
Concerns that California might remain in a “snow drought” this winter have eased after a series of storms this month blanketed the Sierra Nevada with a near-average amount of snow for this time of year. The snowpack across the mountain range now measures 86% of normal for the date, according to state data, up from 28% of normal at the start of the year. The latest storms have also brought enough rain to push the state’s total precipitation to slightly above average for this time of year.
climate scientist. “It's another very wet year in Southern California. This is a classic El Niño pattern — where Southern California has an exceptionally wet year,” Hall said. The wet year has also underscored the importance of capturing water locally for climate resilience, Hall said. “If Southern California were only capturing more of that stormwater, we could be buffering what is shaping up to be a mediocre water year in the rest of the state.
climate scientist Daniel Swain said the snow drought conditions in the Sierra Nevada have eased this year as “the gap between the total precipitation and the snowpack has narrowed.” But he said the state’s shrinking snowpack remains a long-term problem, and he noted that this winter parts of the Pacific Northwest still have snowpack that remains far below average for this time of year.
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