Wednesday January 4, 2023
KTVU —
After several years of drought, California’s snowpack was well above normal on Tuesday, but still, water officials warned that the state is not out of the woods just yet.
The good news is that statewide, the snowpack is 174 percent of average for this date and California is expected to see continued rain and snow over the next seven days. Snow surveyors at Phillips Station in El Dorado County recorded 55.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 17.5 inches.
“Our snow pack is off to one of its best starts in the past 40 years,” Department of Water Resources Snow Survey Director Sean de Guzman said.
But still, parched Californians shouldn’t rejoice too quickly.
“It’s always great to be above average this early in the season, but we must be resilient and remember what happened last year,” De Guzman added. We’ll need consecutive storms; month after month after month of rain, snow an runoff to help really refill our reservoirs.”