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Electronic Readings Of Sierra Snowpack: 10.5 Inches, 72 Percent Of Dec. 27 Average

/in /by /The Sacramento Beeby Cathy Locke

The California Department of Water Resources announced that electronic readings of the Sierra Nevada snowpack Tuesday pegged its statewide water content at 10.5 inches, 72 percent of the Dec. 27 average. Manual readings, which supplement the department’s electronic data, will be taken on dozens of snow courses during a 10-day period around Jan. 1. The 2017 water year began with above-average rainfall in October in all three Sierra Nevada regions monitored continuously by the Department of Water Resources.

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Water Officials: California Drought Still Not Over

/in /by /The Associated Press (As published by KSBW 8 - Monterey)

It’s too soon to declare an end to California’s five-year drought despite the heaviest rain in three decades falling early in the wet season, officials said Tuesday. The Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides roughly one-third of California’s water supply, measures at 72 percent of normal for water content, according to the state’s Department of Water Resources’ electronic monitors.

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An Old Rule May Save The Rose Parade From Getting Rained On

/in /by /Los Angeles Timesby Gale Holland

It could be a wet, wet New Year’s Day in Southern California. But Pasadena’s enviable record of dry Rose Parades should stand, thanks to a “Never on Sunday” rule dating back to the 19th century, officials said Tuesday. A cold front from the north should bring rain to Los Angeles on Saturday, stretching into Sunday, Jan. 1, the National Weather Service forecast. But for only the 15th time in its 128-year history, the Rose Parade will be moved to Monday, Jan. 2, sparing thousands of spectators a soggy vigil.

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Storms Cause Canyon Lake Dam To Overflow

/in /by /The Press-Enterprise (Riverside)by Michael J. Williams

For the first time in a half-dozen years, water flowed over Canyon Lake’s dam in the last few days, rushing downstream into Lake Elsinore. “Watching the water come over the dam on Christmas Day and flow into the lake was quite the Christmas miracle for us,” Mayor Bob Magee said. Observers hope the influx — coupled with more potential storms such as one forecast for later this week — will rescue Southern California’s largest natural freshwater body from a severe decline brought on by the region’s prolonged drought.

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Sierra Snowpack Below Normal, But It’s Still Early, Officials Say

/in /by /The Associated Press (As published by NBC Bay Area - San Jose)

It’s too soon to declare an end to California’s five-year drought despite the heaviest rain in three decades falling early in the wet season, officials said Tuesday. The Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides roughly one-third of California’s water supply, measures at 72 percent of normal for water content, according to the state’s Department of Water Resources’ electronic monitors.

 

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