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California snowpack below normal with wet season ending
JOHN ANTCZAK, Associated Press
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1of8Sean de Guzman, chief of snow surveys for the California Department of Water Resources, checks the depth of the snow pack during the fourth snow survey of the season at Phillips Station near Echo Summit, Calif., Thursday, April 1, 2021. The survey found the snowpack at 49.5 inches deep with a water content of 21 inches.Randall Benton/APShow MoreShow Less
2of8Aided by John Paasch, left, and Anthony Burdock, right, Sean de Guzman, chief of snow surveys for the California Department of Water Resources, prepares to check the depth of the snow pack during the fourth snow survey of the season at Phillips Station near Echo Summit, Calif., Thursday, April 1, 2021. The survey found the snowpack at 49.5 inches deep with a water content of 21 inches.Randall Benton/APShow MoreShow Less
Special to the Sierra Sun
Unless a series of storms blankets the Sierra Nevada with snow, California and Nevada are facing critically dry years.
California water officials (from left) Ramesh Gautam, Anthony Burdock and Sean de Guzman, conduct the third snow survey of the season at Phillips Station on Tuesday.
Provided / Ken James / California Department of Water Resources
Powder days have been few and far between this winter and that’s due to a snowpack that is well below average and five consecutive months of less than average precipitation.
The California Department of Water Resources manually measured the snowpack on a sunny Tuesday morning at Phillips Station, near Sierra-at-Tahoe, and it showed anomalous results.