California Snowpack is a Record Low 9% of Normal, No Melt Water for Water Supplies (xpost from GD) [View all]

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/24/1372949/-California-Snowpack-is-a-Record-Low-9-of-Normal-No-Melt-Water-for-Water-Supplies



California's can expect no water for its drought depleted reservoirs from melting snow in the high Sierra. On March 23, one week from the April 1 date used by water forecasters to predict summer run off from melting snow, the Sierra Nevada's snow water content was a record low 9% of normal. Near record warmth is forecast in the coming week and little precipitation is forecast in the next 10 days going into the long, hot, summer dry season. Melting snow normally constitutes one third of California's water supplies and acts to lengthen the spring season. This year summer will come early. Reservoirs and groundwater levels will begin to fall months earlier than normal because of the lack of mountain snow melt this spring.



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