Blog: Western snow season 2022-23 preview: a look at water supplies and the winter outlook in 10 maps
It’s hard to overstate how crucial this snow season is for the western United States. Regions such as the West that receive a great deal of their precipitation in the form of snow face a number of challenges when snow droughts occur, including shrinking water supplies. And western water supplies are truly shrinking as some states are facing their second or third drought year in a row and a large part of the region is stuck in a 20+ year megadrought. Hanging over all of this is climate change–influenced aridification in the Southwest that is increasing evaporative demand, causing water supplies to dwindle from rising temperatures even when there is adequate precipitation.
Related Event:
- Water Education Foundation/California Department of Water Resources: Winter Outlook Workshop Dec. 8 in Irvine