After more than a week of snow storms in the Sierra Nevada, Mammoth Mountain has more snow than another ski resort in the country.The popular mountain about five hours north of Los Angeles announced Wednesday that it had the deepest base of snow in North America after receiving 10 to 15 feet of snow since the previous […]
What was once a statewide drought this week became a Southern California drought. A week of powerful storms has significantly eased the state’s water shortage, pulling nearly all of Northern California out of drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The report underscores what experts have been saying for several months. As a series […]
How much has the California snowpack grown this month? On Jan. 3, the statewide “snow water equivalent,” a measure of the water content of the snow provided the California Cooperative Snow Surveys, stood at 70 percent of normal. By Wednesday morning, the number had more than doubled, to 158 percent of normal. The number could […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Louis Sahagun, Matt Stevens and Paige St. John
Leaning against a wooden rail, environmental activist Geoffrey McQuilkin took stock of a parched geological wonderland that had been altered by a weekend deluge. The air was still thick with moisture, and this lake’s tributaries were cascading down from surrounding mountains, swollen by cargoes of fresh snowmelt and rain. Frothy whitecaps and wavelets lapped over grass […]
After Week Of Storms, Mammoth Mountain Has More Snow Than Any Other Ski Resort In The Country
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KTLA5 (Los Angeles, Calif.)by Melissa Pamer and Rick ChambersAfter more than a week of snow storms in the Sierra Nevada, Mammoth Mountain has more snow than another ski resort in the country.The popular mountain about five hours north of Los Angeles announced Wednesday that it had the deepest base of snow in North America after receiving 10 to 15 feet of snow since the previous […]
Call It The Southern California Drought. Rain And Snow End Northern California Water Woes
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Joseph Serna, Matt StevensWhat was once a statewide drought this week became a Southern California drought. A week of powerful storms has significantly eased the state’s water shortage, pulling nearly all of Northern California out of drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The report underscores what experts have been saying for several months. As a series […]
California Snowpack Makes A Huge Recovery
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Rob KrierHow much has the California snowpack grown this month? On Jan. 3, the statewide “snow water equivalent,” a measure of the water content of the snow provided the California Cooperative Snow Surveys, stood at 70 percent of normal. By Wednesday morning, the number had more than doubled, to 158 percent of normal. The number could […]
Weeks Of Rain Are Rapidly Reviving California’s Drought-Ravaged Lakes
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Louis Sahagun, Matt Stevens and Paige St. JohnLeaning against a wooden rail, environmental activist Geoffrey McQuilkin took stock of a parched geological wonderland that had been altered by a weekend deluge. The air was still thick with moisture, and this lake’s tributaries were cascading down from surrounding mountains, swollen by cargoes of fresh snowmelt and rain. Frothy whitecaps and wavelets lapped over grass […]