Despite Big Weekend Storms, Sierra Snowpack at 25% of Normal
Before this weekend’s storms the Sierra snowpack was at 10% of normal. After that strong series of storms, the Sierra snowpack is around 25-30% of normal to date. That is a very concerning number this late in the season. Experts are now saying that the Sierra Nevada is experiencing a drought.
“Before the series of storms in the past week, all of the basins were below 10% of the season-to-date normals. As of early this morning, the snowpack has increased to around 25-30% of normal, which includes partial totals from the Sunday night-Monday storm.” - noaa.gov (monday)
Unfortunately, the forecast doesn’t look good either.
‘Dry conditions are expected to return for the remainder of the month, so these snowpack values will level off, then slowly decrease.’ – noaa.gov