Last month’s series of winter storms dropped a lot of snow across the state’s mountain ranges. But there could be dry conditions to come.
about 30% of the state’s water needs come from the snowpack,nearby rivers, lakes, and reservoirs.However, officials have warned that just because there’s a lot of snow now, it doesn’t mean it will stick around by the final snowpack survey at the end of winter.
February and March could see more precipitation, or theyworry that this new month is going to be drier, which could offset some of the recent snowpack gains, officials told the“California has always experienced some degree of swings between wet and dry, but the past few months have demonstrated how much more extreme those swings are becoming,” Department of Water Resources Director Karla Nemeth said in an online statement.
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