Ramesh Gautam, chief of California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program (L) and Sean de Guzman, chief of Snow Surveys. Photo - DWR
PHILLIPS STATION, Calif. - The second manual snow survey of the season was conducted by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) at Phillips Station on Wednesday. They measured 63 inches of snow with a snow water equivalent (SWE) of 17 inches, which is 93 percent of average at that location.
The SWE measures the amount of water contained in the snowpack and is a key component of DWR’s water supply forecast.
"The series of storms helped, but not enough to make up the deficient of last few months," said Sean de Guzman, Chief of DWR’s Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Section.