The Sierra Nevada snowpack across California has reached 226 percent of normal for this time of year. Abundant precipitation from a series of atmospheric rivers has raised state reservoirs, although large parts of American West still face water shortages.
in the Upper Colorado River Basin states — Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — are above average for this time of year, although not as high as California.
But the past two years have also seen relatively bountiful snows in the Rockies, only to have runoff levels far lower than average.
“It’s really almost too early for us to say, ‘Yes, this is going to help us.’ I think we have to see how the rest of the year really plays out in terms of the weather system and climate impacts,” Bennett added.During this wave of storms in California, the freezing elevation has been around 5,000 feet. Schwartz noted that some of the deepest snowpacks after these recent storms are in the southern Sierra Nevada.
“The great thing is, that’s where they’ve needed the moisture the most, realistically,” he said. “It’s statewide, but the areas that have needed it the most in Southern California are the ones getting the most now.” On Wednesday morning, the flakes had tapered off at Schwartz’s mountain field station, but more storms were headed his way in coming days.
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