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> still partly filled parched reservoirs in Northern California and, more critically, partly replenished the mountain snowpacks that provide water into the spri
by jcoffland 10y ago
> still partly filled parched reservoirs in Northern California and, more critically, partly replenished the mountain snowpacks that provide water into the spring and summer.
This article is so misleading. As I recently pointed out in another thread both the California snow pack and reservoirs are only a bit below average for this time of year. CA always has water issues this year is no exception.
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/resapp/getResGraphsMain.action http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/resapp/getResGraphsMain.act...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160330-california-snow-survey-snowpack-water-drought/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160330-california...
Edit: Statewide snow pack is actually now down to 33% of normal, as of today, due to melt.
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/snowapp/sweq.action http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/snowapp/sweq.action
- rconti 10y agoI'm not sure temps have been that far above average this spring, but we've had a lot of late season rain which fell on the snowpack and accelerated melt. So, it's not great, but it IS additional precip.....
- jcoffland 10y agoGood point. The article blames the snow melt on climate change, which presumably means global warming, when really it was due to rain.
- linkregister 10y agoConsidering our winter was in an El Niño weather pattern, we should have significantly higher than average reservoirs (not snow pack since El Niño is associated with higher winter temps).