Drought: Sierra snowpack 'worst in a century' [View all]
Source: Reno Gazette-Journal
The traditional snow season ends April 1 with what appears to be the most dismal mountain snowpack on record, cementing 2015's status as the fourth drought year in a row and setting the stage for a difficult summer.
The Lake Tahoe Basin's snowpack Tuesday was only 3 percent of normal for the date and the Truckee River Basin's was measured at 14 percent, far worse than the end-of-season numbers for any of the previous three drought years in a situation that's one for the record books.
"It's pretty bad, the worst in a century," said Jeff Anderson, snow surveyor for the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service. "It not only squeaked by the record, I would say it shattered the record.
Read more: http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2015/03/31/drought-sierra-snowpack-worst-century/70734500/
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