Friday Top of the Scroll: February’s storms doubled California snowpack, March could bring more wet weather
At the start of the year, the California snowpack sat at an abysmal 25% of average, but after a series of storms, the Sierra is glittering white — over the last week, storms added up to 4 feet of snow to the range. … Statewide, the snowpack is now 86% of normal for this time of year. And 70% of the April 1 average, which is the end of the water year and the typical height of the state’s frozen reservoir. Storms over the last month more than doubled the size of the snowpack. At his lab north of Lake Tahoe, over the past week, more than 3 1/2 feet of snow fell during three February storms.
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