Good start for Sierra snowpack
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 01/03/2013 - 5:48pm
The Sierra snowpack is off to a good start because of some recent storms that brought plenty of moisture to the region. It comes just in time for the first snow survey of the year.
"It's all just good news," hydrologist Dan Greenlee said. "This is fantastic."
The numbers for the first snow survey, this year, couldn't be much better. The snow amount is almost double the average for December. The snowpack is already about two-thirds of a full season's average, with three more months to go.
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