{"id":4417,"date":"2010-01-29T15:02:19","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T23:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/?p=4417"},"modified":"2010-01-29T15:02:19","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T23:02:19","slug":"storms-offer-big-boost-to-sierra-snowpack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2010\/01\/29\/storms-offer-big-boost-to-sierra-snowpack\/","title":{"rendered":"Storms Offer Big Boost to Sierra Snowpack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>For a more expansive analysis of California&#8217;s current water picture, and an interactive map of current reservoir conditions, see Dan Brekke&#8217;s <a title=\"CW blog post\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2010\/01\/25\/california-storms-a-dent-in-the-drought\/\">drought update<\/a>, posted earlier this week.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>State water officials expressed \u201ccautious optimism\u201d after the season\u2019s second <a title=\"DWR - snow pack\" href=\"http:\/\/cdec.water.ca.gov\/snow\/current\/snow\/index2.html\">survey of the Sierra snowpack<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After a series of Pacific storms dumped several feet of fresh snow on the mountains, today\u2019s (officially the &#8220;February&#8221;) survey reveals that the snow\u2019s average water content is 115 percent of \u201cnormal\u201d for this date (compared to 61% of normal at this time last year).<\/p>\n<p>Water managers say even so, there\u2019s more catching up to do and they still can\u2019t rule out a fourth consecutive year of relatively dry conditions. Nor have they re-evaluated earlier tight allocations planned for agricultural water this year. With a lot of the recent precipitation still locked up in the state&#8217;s &#8220;frozen reservoir,&#8221; Shasta Lake and Lake Oroville are both still hovering around half of their normal levels for this date.<\/p>\n<p>According to today&#8217;s release from the Dept. of Water Resources:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;DWR\u2019s early allocation estimate was that the agency would only be able to deliver 5 percent of requested SWP (State Water Project) water this year, reflecting low storage levels, ongoing drought conditions, and environmental restrictions on water deliveries to protect fish species.\u00a0 The agency will recalculate the allocation after current snow survey results and other conditions are evaluated.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>By the way, if you&#8217;ve never had the chance to see how the &#8220;manual&#8221; component of the monthly snow surveys are done, take about four minutes and <a title=\"KQED OD - Snow survey\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xojdkhJwZxY\">watch this video<\/a> from 2008, when I joined surveyor Frank Gehrke at the Tamarack Flat survey site, off of Highway 50. This is not the site you usually see on the local news. That&#8217;s Phillips Station, chosen for media photo ops because it&#8217;s right off the highway. Getting to this site takes a little more doing, as you&#8217;ll see.<br \/>\n<object width=\"480\" height=\"295\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/xojdkhJwZxY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/xojdkhJwZxY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January storms have put the Sierra snow pack ahead of &#8220;normal&#8221; levels for this point in the season. 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