Southern California is seeing one of its driest starts to the water year in decades, the National Weather Service said Wednesday. Since the start of the water year on Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, downtown Los Angeles has received just 0.12 of an inch of rain. That is tied with 1962-63 for the fourth-driest start […]
California water officials on Wednesday confirmed with manual measurements what electronic sensors have been saying for weeks: the state’s largest drinking water reservoir – the Sierra Nevada snowpack – is well below its average water content for this time of year. But water managers say it’s too early for worries that California is sliding back […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The new year begins with a minimal snowpack in the Sierra Nevada as measuring stations across the state report an average Wednesday of 2.3 inches — just 21 percent of normal. “The survey is a disappointing start of the year, but it’s far too early to draw conclusions about what kind of a wet season […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Joshua Emerson Smith Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority Quoted: Tim Bombardier
Water managers in San Diego County said residents shouldn’t worry too much about Southern California’s bone dry weather and the Sierra Nevada mountains’ conspicuous lack of snow — the frozen reservoir that routinely holds more than half of the state’s freshwater. “What we’re seeing right now is that San Diego has sufficient supplies for 2018, […]
Southern California’s Water Year Has Been Nearly Bone Dry So Far, Making Some History
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Sarah ParviniSouthern California is seeing one of its driest starts to the water year in decades, the National Weather Service said Wednesday. Since the start of the water year on Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, downtown Los Angeles has received just 0.12 of an inch of rain. That is tied with 1962-63 for the fourth-driest start […]
It’s Too Soon To Worry About Drought, Despite Dry Winter
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /89.3 KPCC (Pasadena)by Emily GuerinCalifornia water officials on Wednesday confirmed with manual measurements what electronic sensors have been saying for weeks: the state’s largest drinking water reservoir – the Sierra Nevada snowpack – is well below its average water content for this time of year. But water managers say it’s too early for worries that California is sliding back […]
Critical California Snowpack At 21% Of Normal As 2018 Begins
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe new year begins with a minimal snowpack in the Sierra Nevada as measuring stations across the state report an average Wednesday of 2.3 inches — just 21 percent of normal. “The survey is a disappointing start of the year, but it’s far too early to draw conclusions about what kind of a wet season […]
San Diego Water Managers Say Thin Mountain Snowpack No Reason For Concern
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Joshua Emerson Smith Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityQuoted: Tim Bombardier
Water managers in San Diego County said residents shouldn’t worry too much about Southern California’s bone dry weather and the Sierra Nevada mountains’ conspicuous lack of snow — the frozen reservoir that routinely holds more than half of the state’s freshwater. “What we’re seeing right now is that San Diego has sufficient supplies for 2018, […]