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California currently has only one reservoir above historical average. It’s California’s largest reservoir, Lake Shasta, it at 107% of historical average. What’s not good is that not one other major reservoir is at historical average in the state.
All of California currently in some stage of drought.
NOAA has canceled La Nina for this winter, which actually be a good thing for California.
Lake Tahoe is currently only .6″ above it’s natural rim – meaning that the Truckee River is nearly gone once again.
Fingers crossed for a big winter in 2016/17!
You say “California currently has only one reservoir above historical average.” But your map titled “Conditions for Major Reservoirs” only includes CA and has Millerton Lake at 107% of historical average.
Two sentences later the article does include “not one other major reservoir is at historical average in the state.” According to wikipedia, Millerton is the California’s 16th largest reservoir (18th if you include Lake Tahoe and Clear Lake). So it’s debatable whether it’s major, even though capacity is over 500,000 acre feet.