Most California reservoirs are gurgling with more water than usual, even after state water officials increased the amount pouring out of some dams last week. Rain and snow melt from the mountains and foothills boosted the levels of many California lakes during the first half of February. Winter storms dumped close to 1.5 feet of rain on the state’s biggest reservoir, Lake Shasta, during the first two weeks. Rain and runoff pushed the lake’s level to 15 feet from its crest on Feb. 7. The lake, located 10 miles north of Redding, reached 90% of its capacity with more than a month to go in the North State’s rainy season.

Other water supply and snowpack news across the West:

• KCRA (Sacramento, Calif.): Northern California reservoirs get a boost from recent rains​
• Newsweek: California snowpack could hit milestone for first time this century
• Enterprise-Record (Chico, Calif.): Lake Oroville rising
• Arizona Republic (Phoenix): Dry winter leaves little snow to melt, but SRP says its water supplies are in good shape
• KNAU (Flagstaff, Ariz.): Much of northern Arizona in severe drought amid historically dry winter
• The Aspen Times (Colo.): With snow up to 50 inches in areas, Colorado’s latest storm cycle brought snowpack above normal in the northern mountains 
• The Coloradoan (Fort Collins): Here is how much snowfall Colorado ski areas received during Presidents Day snowstorm
• KSL (Salt Lake City, Utah): Utah braces for below-normal snowpack runoff