CENTRAL VALLEY â Dry conditions that have prevailed in the Sierra Nevada and the San Joaquin Valley since fall have sliced into the Kings Riverâs runoff outlooks for this springâs annual snowmelt period, April-through-July. A gloomy annual total can be expected when Water Year 2020-21 concludes in September.
Kings River Watermaster Steve Haugen reports the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) estimates the riverâs natural runoff during the peak April-through-July period will be only 400,000 acre-feet, just 33% of average. Even worse, if Kings River watershed precipitation falls short of average during these four months, the April-July total could be even lower.
Snowpack near Lake Tahoe measured at 83% of average while state comes in at 59%
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Snowpack near Lake Tahoe measured at 83% of average while state comes in at 59%
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Precipitation totals across Wyoming for February were
well above average. Water year precipitation continues to be
below average.
73% of capacity-down from
above average.
below average for almost all major drainages across Wyoming
Hydrologic Discussion:
15 to
25 percent increase in snow water equivalents (SWEs) during the month of February. Basins in far western Wyoming and across northern Wyoming are seeing SWE numbers near to
above medians for late February; while watersheds in central-southern-eastern Wyoming still have SWE numbers
below to
well below medians. Notably, there was also a lack of significant low elevation snow (6500-8000 feet) across many basins in central through southern Wyoming.
Published: Thursday, 28 January 2021 05:55
First snow survey of the 2021 season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Dec. 30, 2020.
Credit: DWR/2020
January 28, 2021 - By Jeanine Jones, DWR Interstate Resources Manager - We are now past the halfway mark in California’s normally wettest winter months, and the wet season to date has been anything but. Most of the state has received less than half of its average annual precipitation to date. Coming after a very dry Water Year 2020 these conditions are concerning. More precipitation will certainly occur in February and March, but will it be enough to erase the state’s large deficit?