The California Department of Water Resources measured the water content of the Sierra Nevada snowpack Tuesday at 110% of the April 1 average, a benchmark date because that is when it has historically been at its peak and helps inform runoff forecasts.
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 11:48PMStream local breaking news and original programming, live 24/7, from ABC7 Bay Area.California has entered spring with an above-average mountain snowpack and major reservoirs in good shape for a second consecutive year, staving off immediate water supply concerns but not allaying drought worries in a warming world.
"We're here nine years later reconciling the extremes, reconciling the extreme weather whiplash, and I think today punctuates the point," Newsom said in a livestream.While reaching just above average was good news, the current snowpack pales in comparison to April 2023, when the Sierra snow water content stood at 237% of average after a barrage of atmospheric river storms ended three years of drought.
This past winter coincided with a strong El Nino, a natural and occasional warming of part of the Pacific Ocean that can lead to more precipitation than usual in California but doesn't always come through. The Sierra snowpack normally supplies about 30% of California's water and is sometimes described as a frozen reservoir.
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