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During the past two days, several waves of moisture have brought several inches of slushy snow to the highest peaks of the Sierra.According to a tweet posted Tuesday morning by UC Berkeley's Central Sierra Snow Lab, the snow measuring site at Donner Summit has received more snow than average for this point in the season. That's certainly a good sign, but it doesn't signal an end to drought conditions for the state, especially since those numbers are for one single point and don't represent other parts of the Sierra snowpack.While many spots in the Central Sierra did see near to above-average snowfall this season, parts of the North Sierra came up short. Snowmelt from this region flows into Lake Shasta and Lake Oroville, the two biggest reservoirs in California. As of Tuesday morning, Lake Shasta was at 40% of capacity and Lake Oroville was at 55% of capacity. After big storms during the first half of the season, significant melting in November and January eroded the snowpack away much faster than normal. Some of that melted runoff ended up in reservoirs, but some also may have sublimated. That means some of the solid snow evaporated and turned straight back into water vapor.| VIDEO BELOW | What to expect with rain, snow on TuesdayAnother interesting trend to note is snowfall over the past several seasons. For the Central Sierra Snow Lab site specifically, 2021 and 2020 both had snowfall totals that were well below the season average. So even though this year was an improvement, it wasn't enough snow to compensate for two lackluster seasons.The same can be said for rain in the valley. Since Oct. 1, downtown Sacramento has received 16.39 inches of rain. That's a little short of the 18.28-inch average for this point but much better than last year's 7.74 inches and 2019-2020's 10.611 inches.At this point in the season, we can't count on a big rain or snowstorm to bust the long-standing drought. But any additional precipitation can be helpful in keeping some moisture in the ground, pushing back the high fire threat a little more
During the past two days, several waves of moisture have brought several inches of slushy snow to the highest peaks of the Sierra.
According to a tweet posted Tuesday morning by UC Berkeley's Central Sierra Snow Lab, the snow measuring site at Donner Summit has received more snow than average for this point in the season.
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That's certainly a good sign, but it doesn't signal an end to drought conditions for the state, especially since those numbers are for one single point and don't represent other parts of the Sierra snowpack.
While many spots in the Central Sierra did see near to above-average snowfall this season, parts of the North Sierra came up short. Snowmelt from this region flows into Lake Shasta and Lake Oroville, the two biggest reservoirs in California. As of Tuesday morning, Lake Shasta was at 40% of capacity and Lake Oroville was at 55% of capacity.
After big storms during the first half of the season, significant melting in November and January eroded the snowpack away much faster than normal. Some of that melted runoff ended up in reservoirs, but some also may have sublimated. That means some of the solid snow evaporated and turned straight back into water vapor.
| VIDEO BELOW | What to expect with rain, snow on Tuesday
Another interesting trend to note is snowfall over the past several seasons. For the Central Sierra Snow Lab site specifically, 2021 and 2020 both had snowfall totals that were well below the season average. So even though this year was an improvement, it wasn't enough snow to compensate for two lackluster seasons.
The same can be said for rain in the valley. Since Oct. 1, downtown Sacramento has received 16.39 inches of rain. That's a little short of the 18.28-inch average for this point but much better than last year's 7.74 inches and 2019-2020's 10.611 inches.
At this point in the season, we can't count on a big rain or snowstorm to bust the long-standing drought. But any additional precipitation can be helpful in keeping some moisture in the ground, pushing back the high fire threat a little more
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