…approximately half of its annual precipitation during the months of December, January, and February. The snowpack typically supplies approximately 30 percent of the water needs of California. A more significant…
Looking at the Water Year Ahead
…snowpack, as the state experienced several early winter storms that brought record levels of rain in some areas. Legislative and infrastructure improvements will also begin to materialize. There is hope…
Storms Bring Significant Snow and Higher Likelihood of El Nino System
…the past several weeks of intermittent storms, the statewide snowpack has accumulated to more than double the amount seen last year. As of December 10, the statewide snowpack is 104…
Water Works: Water Year 2018 Well Below Average
…for rainfall. As of April 1, 2017, the date typically used to measure peak accumulation, the statewide snowpack was at 159 percent of the historical average. The snowpack on April…
Snow Level Still Below Average Despite Late Winter Storms
…April snowpack to be measured at 183 percent of the historic average. The late winter storms increased the Sierra Nevada snowpack, but they were not enough to offset one of…
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 03-07-18
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Taylor Hillman. Snowpack totals make a huge jump in just over a week yet are still well below…
Third Snow Survey Shows Improvement from Last Month
…levels. While the statewide snowpack measured 22 percent of the historic average last week, the largest Sierra storm system of the winter has brought the snowpack up to 37 percent….
UCCE to be a Leader in Climate Change Awareness and Education
…can explore projected changes in temperature, precipitation, snowpack and sea level rise in California over this century with interactive climate data visualizations. They can download data, find peer-reviewed research and…
Farm City Newsday Monday, 02-05-18
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Taylor Hillman. Water concerns are growing in California with another low-snowpack measurement and AgNet West catches up with…
Second Snow Survey Yields Concerning Measurements
…a SWE of 5.8 inches representing 30 percent of the average. SWE is the depth of water that would theoretically result if the entire snowpack melted at once. “The snow…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 01-05-18
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Taylor Hillman. Today we hear about the expected low snowpack totals from the first measurement of 2018 and…
Snow Survey Significantly Below Average
…indicated the SWE of the northern Sierra snowpack is 2.3 inches, which is 21 percent of the multi-decade average. California’s overall snowpack SWE was measured at 2.6 inches, roughly 24…
Water Managers Prepare for New Rainfall Season
The state finds itself in an improved water-supply position going into the 2017-18 winter, thanks to the precipitation and snowpack the previous winter that filled reservoirs, topped rivers, replenished aquifers…
‘Worst is Over’ for Snow-Melt, Officials Say
…heat wave rapidly melted the snowpack and filled Pine Flat Lake on the Kings River, which prompted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to send a surge of water into…