As of Monday, the snow blanketing the vast mountain range was 201% of average for the day.
, which created conditions that caused the snowpack to melt quickly during the spring season.
“If it all melted rapidly with the reservoirs full, they’d have to release more water than we can use and we’d lose some of it,” Orrock said. The Sierra snowpack is one of California’s most important water sources, providing about 30% of the annual fresh water supply for the state. Its spring and summer runoff feeds rivers and reservoirs and is eventually doled out to various water agencies for urban and agricultural use.
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