Latest storm adds needed water to Lake Tahoe and California
Submitted by paula on Wed, 03/23/2016 - 8:56am
The latest storms to hit the Sierra and Lake Tahoe kept wter content in the snowpack close to average, with some areas of California going above average in the precipitation they've received.
Officials from the Department of Water Resources (DWR) will be making their last monthly snowpack measurement near Sierra-at-Tahoe next week, but electronic readings taken March 22, 2016 show the snowpack is at 92 percent of average.
Most of the ski resorts around the lake, while still below average snowpack, are experiencing the best measured snow in a few years.
When looking at the state as a whole, most of the state is at average precipitation, with South Lake Tahoe at 113 percent of normal. Southern California was expected to see more-than-average rain this year due to El Nino, but most rainfall totals are still below, or at, average.
Monterey (152 percent above), Redding (114 percent above), Eureka (127 percent above) all join South Lake Tahoe by seeing more rain that normal, while San Diego (77 percent below), Los Angeles (46 percent below), and Palm Springs (55 percent below) are all experiencing below average rainfall, so far in 2016.
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