Tuesday February 11, 2025
Tahoe Daily Tribune —
Hydrologists aren’t holding their breath for a normal snowpack this winter. The Nevada Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) says the Lake Tahoe Basin and surrounding regions are experiencing a snow drought in more than one way.
“Too many blue-sky days in January followed by too much rain in early February raises concern about where this winter’s snowpack will end up on April 1,” their Nevada Water Supply Outlook Report says.
April 1 marks the date when the snowpack typically reaches its peak and Feb. 1 represented a discouraging half way point.
Projections currently show an estimated 30% chance of reaching a normal peak snowpack in the Tahoe basin by early April.
“The bottom line is our mountains have been experiencing two kinds of ‘snow drought’ so far this winter,” the report says.