Why late spring storms make less of a dent in drought conditions
Record heat hit early in April, which started warming the ground and rapidly melting the meager snowpack. Thomas Painter, CEO of Airborne Snow Observatories and research scientist at the University of California Los Angeles, … says there are three things that work against spring storms helping for drought: periods of warm spring temperatures, historically warmer storms and evaporation rates. He says putting snow on warm ground is like throwing water into a hot pan, it will melt quickly once it hits the surface this time of year.
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