California state water officials manually measured the snow water equivalent at Phillips Station near Echo Summit on March 1.
Nearby mountain peaks are covered with snow near the Phillips Station meadow, shown shortly before the California Department of Water Resources conducted the third media snow survey of the 2022 season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, March 1, 2022.It's another sign that a drought crisis is looming.
Snow water equivalent is the depth of water that theoretically would result if the entire snowpack melted instantaneously, according to the California Department of Water Resources, which manages monthly snow surveys in winter. It's a key number used by water managers across the state to estimate the amount of snow that will melt in spring and help supply rivers and reservoirs.
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