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Snowpack deeper than a year ago, but still not great


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By Veronica Rocha, Los Angeles Times

First, the good news: Thanks to a series of frosty winter storms, California’s snowpack is now double what it was last year at this time, according to officials.

Now the bad news: The amount of water actually contained in the fluffy white stuff is still well below average.

Snow levels measured statewide on Tuesday showed that water content was 56 percent of the historical average for Dec. 1. One year earlier, the water content measured just 24 percent of average.

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Comments (4)
  1. Kits Carson says - Posted: December 2, 2015

    Geeze! Don’t be happy with the fact we actually have snow now and it’s only November. We have a long way to go. How about something positive for once.

  2. SCTahoe says - Posted: December 2, 2015

    Yes. It is great!

  3. Linda says - Posted: December 2, 2015

    Lets keep it coming ,I love it.Positive thoughts are good for the soul.

  4. Perry R. Obray says - Posted: December 2, 2015

    These articles from out of the area don’t specify the actual precipitation at the Tahoe area. The resorts just reported they opened with 3 times the normal snow pack.