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quaint

(3,550 posts)
Mon Feb 26, 2024, 09:34 AM Feb 2024

How have recent storms impacted the Sierra snowpack?

SF Gate
Things improved in February. A series of storms, some of them colder, swept the Golden State, piling up powder, especially in the northern half of the mountain range. The snowpack has made remarkable gains, experts said, squashing concerns that the season could end with a severe snow drought.

The California Department of Water Resources provides some heartening numbers: The snowpack was 85% of normal on Feb. 23, compared to 28% of normal on Jan. 1.

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How have recent storms impacted the Sierra snowpack? (Original Post) quaint Feb 2024 OP
Awesome news Auggie Feb 2024 #1

Auggie

(31,802 posts)
1. Awesome news
Mon Feb 26, 2024, 09:39 AM
Feb 2024

Last March North Bay S.F. Bay wine country received almost 10 inches of rain. Half that would be great.

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