The first snow survey of the season will take place in the Lake Tahoe area Tuesday morning. It’s viewed as a critical test of California’s water supply, after five years of drought. Surveyors will plunge poles into the Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides roughly one third of California’s water. Tuesday’s snow survey comes amid hopes […]
The first snowpack survey of 2017 found below average numbers on Tuesday. The Phillips station in El Dorado County reported just 53 percent of the average for this time of the year, according to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). Here’s what Tuesday’s measurement means.The state is measuring the water content in the snowpack, […]
/in California and the U.S./by Mike Lee /The Associated Press (As published by US News & World Report)by Rich Pedroncelli and Scott Smith
The first manual survey this year of California’s snowpack revealed Tuesday that it holds about half as much water as normal, casting a shadow on the state that’s hoping to dodge a sixth straight year of drought, officials said. Surveyors, however, took the reading at 6,000 feet near Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada as […]
Around the start of each year, California water officials make a big show out of measuring the Sierra Nevada snowpack for reporters. Tuesday’s measurement before a throng of cameras was fairly bleak: Water content in the snowpack stood at just 53 percent of average, about a third as much water as the same time last […]
A series of powerful storms is set to soak California over the next week, bringing heavy rains, flooding risk in some creeks and 10 feet or more of new snow to the Sierra Nevada — the latest sign that the stranglehold of the state’s five-year drought is significantly weakening. At least three storms are forecast […]
Gusty winds that blew into the Sacramento area Tuesday afternoon are expected to accompany rain into Wednesday. The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for the Central Valley and foothills, effective until 7 a.m. Wednesday, with a forecast for south winds of 15 to 30 mph and gusts up to 45 mph. Tuesday’s storm […]
First Snow Survey Of The Season Begins Tuesday
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KTVU (Oakland)The first snow survey of the season will take place in the Lake Tahoe area Tuesday morning. It’s viewed as a critical test of California’s water supply, after five years of drought. Surveyors will plunge poles into the Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides roughly one third of California’s water. Tuesday’s snow survey comes amid hopes […]
Here’s What 2017’s First Snow Survey Really Means
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KCRA 3 (Sacramento)by Vicki GonzalezThe first snowpack survey of 2017 found below average numbers on Tuesday. The Phillips station in El Dorado County reported just 53 percent of the average for this time of the year, according to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). Here’s what Tuesday’s measurement means.The state is measuring the water content in the snowpack, […]
California Snowpack Measures Low, But Big Storms Coming
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Associated Press (As published by US News & World Report)by Rich Pedroncelli and Scott SmithThe first manual survey this year of California’s snowpack revealed Tuesday that it holds about half as much water as normal, casting a shadow on the state that’s hoping to dodge a sixth straight year of drought, officials said. Surveyors, however, took the reading at 6,000 feet near Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada as […]
Despite Recent Storms, California’s ‘Snow Drought’ Continues
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Dale Kasler, Ryan Sabalow and Phillip ReeseAround the start of each year, California water officials make a big show out of measuring the Sierra Nevada snowpack for reporters. Tuesday’s measurement before a throng of cameras was fairly bleak: Water content in the snowpack stood at just 53 percent of average, about a third as much water as the same time last […]
Is California’s Drought Ending? Powerful Storms, More On The Way
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Mercury News (San Jose)by Paul RogersA series of powerful storms is set to soak California over the next week, bringing heavy rains, flooding risk in some creeks and 10 feet or more of new snow to the Sierra Nevada — the latest sign that the stranglehold of the state’s five-year drought is significantly weakening. At least three storms are forecast […]
Keep The Snow Shovel, Umbrella Handy For Next Couple Of Days In Sierra, Sacramento
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Bill Lindelof and Nashelly ChavezGusty winds that blew into the Sacramento area Tuesday afternoon are expected to accompany rain into Wednesday. The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for the Central Valley and foothills, effective until 7 a.m. Wednesday, with a forecast for south winds of 15 to 30 mph and gusts up to 45 mph. Tuesday’s storm […]