One Tough Year for Waterfalls & Wildflowers in California

Yikes, I guess I need to focus on Summer shots…

Sierra Snowpack Below Normal; Driest Year on Record
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2013/feb/28/sierra-snowpack-below-normal-driest-year-record/

"California has officially shattered an all-time record for the driest January and February in the northern Sierra since record-keeping began in 1921. This year, the area has received only 2.3 inches of precipitation."

http://www.water.ca.gov/news/newsreleases/2013/032713snowsurvey.pdf
March 26, 2013 – Season’s Fourth Snow Survey Scheduled for Thursday
SACRAMENTO – The Department of Water Resources (DWR) will conduct the season’s next-to-last snow survey this Thursday, March 28.  It is expected that the manual measurements will confirm electronic readings showing that snowpack water content is well below normal for the date.  Remote sensors today indicate that statewide, snowpack water content is 54 percent of average for the date. That is also 54 percent of the average April 1 reading when the snowpack normally is at its peak before the spring melt.

DWR currently estimates that it will be able to deliver 35 percent of the slightly more than 4 million acre-feet of water requested by the 29 public agencies that distribute State Water Project water to more than 25 million Californians and nearly a million acres of irrigated farmland.

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California has officially shattered an all-time record for the driest January and February in the northern Sierra since record-keeping began in 1921.

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