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The Downside of Our Beautiful, Dry Winter

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By KQED News Staff and Wires

If you're nervous about all the beautiful winter weather we've been having and how it might affect the state's water supply–well, you might have reason to worry.

The state Department of Water Resources took its monthly measurement of the Sierra snowpack today and found its water content is just two-thirds of normal.
That's not a surprise after the driest January and February on record.
UC-Davis watershed scientist Jeffrey Mount says the prolonged presence of high pressure in the eastern Pacific Ocean have diverted this season's storms. That's both an anomaly–and
Source: KQED Radio News

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