01-30-2024, 09:11 AM
(01-30-2024, 08:55 AM)Mick Wrote: I didn't realize the snowpack was so far below normal. 65% of normal in the northern Sierras, 36% of normal in the southern Sierras. This weekend's blowout storm should have quite an impact.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topsto...38ea&ei=22
Unfortunately, a good amount of high elevation precipitation has been rain, not snow. Additionally with the increase in temperatures what snow there is come spring, melts off much faster than what was the norm 20 years ago, based upon what I have encountered cross country skiing.
