Sierra Snowpack Reaches 115-Percent of Normal

Snow was still falling Tuesday night in the Sierra as storms moved across California, helping bring the state’s snowpack above normal for this time of year.

 

More than seven inches of snow fell in the higher elevations Tuesday.

 

The state’s water department says the snowpack in the central Sierra is at 115-percent of normal for this time of year.

 

State water managers say California’s snowpack needs to be at 150 percent of normal on April 1 to signal an end to drought.