Wednesday Top of the Scroll: Sierra Nevada snowpack at lowest level in 10 years: What it means for California’s water supply
California’s statewide Sierra Nevada snowpack — the source of nearly one-third of the state’s water supply — is at its lowest level in a decade, a major turnaround from last year when huge storms ended a three-year drought and buried ski resorts in massive amounts of snow. On Tuesday, the snowpack was just 25% of its historical average for Jan. 2. … But the meager totals so far across California’s pre-eminent mountain range are not a cause to panic, experts say.
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