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    When Wildfire Burns A High Mountain Forest, What Happens To The Snow?

    Jan 06, 2021

    Record-breaking wildfires in 2020 turned huge swaths of Western forests into barren burn scars.

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    California's Winter Snowpack Below Average After Dry January

    Jan 31, 2020
    California's weather turned largely dry in January and has left the water content of the Sierra Nevada snowpack below average for this time of year.
     
    The state Department of Water Resources says measurements Thursday show the statewide water content at 72% of average for th
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    Nevada’s Snow Pack Is In Good Shape, But Overall Precipitation Lags

    Jan 21, 2020

    Nevada depends on snow melt from the mountains for its water supply, so scientists from the USDA closely monitor snow levels throughout the winter to help water managers and farmers plan their wate

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    Nevada Snowpack Starts Strong, Water Content Below Average

    Jan 08, 2020
    Northern Nevada's snowpack is starting the new year strong, but officials warn it will take several more significant storms this winter to replenish area reservoirs.
     
    The Natural Resource Conservation Service says its first snowpack survey of 2020 at Mt.
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    December Storms Gave California A Promising Snowpack

    Jan 03, 2020
    State water officials say December storms gave California a promising snowpack.
     
    The Department of Water Resources says the amount of water contained in the snowpack Thursday is 90% of the Jan.
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    As Winter Approaches, All Eyes Turn Toward Rocky Mountain Snowpack

    Dec 16, 2019

    The West’s water security is wrapped up in snow. When it melts, it becomes drinking and irrigation water for millions throughout the region.

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    Early Season Snowfall Boosts Snowpack Across The Rockies

    Nov 11, 2019

    DENVER (AP) — The early season snowstorms that hit the Rocky Mountain region this fall have boosted snowpack levels between two and three times the average.

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    Snowmelt Pushes Lake Tahoe Water Level Close To Legal Limit

    Jul 19, 2019
    RENO (AP) — Lake Tahoe is the fullest it's been in nearly two decades.
     
    Officials say the alpine lake on the California-Nevada line is approaching the legal limit after snowmelt from a stormy winter left enough water to potentially last through three summer
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    Warming Weather To Increase Sierra Snowmelt, Flooding Risk

    Jun 10, 2019

    HANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Forecasters say warming California weather will increase melting of the huge Sierra Nevada snowpack and raise water levels in many rivers and streams in the coming week.

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    Colorado River Basin Reservoirs Benefit From Heavy Snowpack

    Apr 25, 2019

    FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Reservoirs around the Colorado River basin are in good shape after an exceptionally wet winter.

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    Measurements Show Sierra Nevada Snowpack Well Above Average

    Apr 08, 2019

    Several snowpack measurements around Lake Tahoe have confirmed that the winter of 2018-2019 had well above average snowfall. 

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    Hangover From 2018 Drought Likely To Deplete Spring Runoff

    Jan 17, 2019

    The Colorado River and its tributaries are likely headed for another year of low water.

    Jeff Lukas at the University of Colorado-Boulder says if you’re just looking at snowpack to gauge how well a winter is going -- you’re doing it wrong.

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    California Water Below Normal In Season's First Snow Survey

    Jan 03, 2019
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    Sierra Snowpack Well Above Average After California Storms

    Dec 10, 2018
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Back-to-back California storms blanket the Sierra Nevada in snow, more than twice the snowpack level compared to this time last year, with winter still nearly two weeks away.
     
    At the same time last year, the Sierra snowpack was 47 perce
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    Late Sierra Storms Rival 'Miracle March' Of '91; Snowpack Up

    Mar 30, 2018

    RENO, Nev. (AP) — A series of late winter storms rivaling the "Miracle March" of 1991 has bolstered an otherwise dismal season of snowpack in the northern Sierra.

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    As Western Snowpack Declines, Nevada Is Hit Hardest

    Mar 12, 2018

    Snowpack has been declining in the West over the last 60 years or so, and it’s worse than scientists expected.

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    Nevada Snowpack Remains Dismal Amid Unusual Warm Winter

    Feb 26, 2018

    RENO, Nev. (AP) — The snowpack at the end of February was dismal in Nevada amid one of the warmest winters on record.

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    Western Snowpack Is Low. How Worried Should We Be?

    Jan 24, 2018

    This winter in the southern Rocky Mountains is shaping up to be one for the record books. And not in a good way.

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    Rocky Mountain Snowpack Not A Good Sign For Las Vegas

    Jan 12, 2018

    Skiers rejoiced a bit earlier this week because the rain that fell in lower elevations turned to snow in the mountains.

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    Drought-Busting Snow Pushes Tahoe To Highest Mark Since 2006

    Mar 01, 2017

     

    RENO, Nev. (AP) — The drought-busting snow and rain in the mountains around Lake Tahoe have pushed the lake to its highest level in more than a decade.

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    California At Heaviest Snowpack In 22 years

    Feb 02, 2017

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California water managers say Sierra Nevada snow drifts are at a drought-busting 173 percent of average, with the most snow recorded since 1995.

    State water managers poked rods into drifts as high as tree branches Thursday to measure the snowpack.

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    Wet, Winter Storms Pummel West; Headed For Rockies ​

    Jan 05, 2017

    RENO — Much of Northern California and the Sierra Nevada braced for potential flooding into the weekend as a winter storm that dumped more than 2 feet of snow around Lake Tahoe made its way toward Utah and the Rockies.

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    Above Average Snowpack in 2016, But Still Drought

    Apr 07, 2016

    You remember those pictures from last year – officials and their trailing reporters from many western states trekking up to do their annual snowpack measurements.

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    Warm Weather Hitting Western Mountain Snowpack

    Mar 11, 2015
    Warm temperatures in February have taken a toll on winter snowpack in the Cascade Mountains and other areas in the West. The Natural Resources...
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