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98% of California’s Caldor Fire is Now Contained

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On Wednesday, the U.S. Forest Service reported that the Caldor fire is 98% contained. The Caldor Fire began on August 14, and by October 2 had burned around 221,775 acres of land. The fire is located within El Dorado and Amador counties in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. Because of dry weather and low humidity levels, firefighters were observing […]

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Avatar photo Breya Bergom | October 16, 2021
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Sierra Snowpack Has Seen Biggest April Decrease in History

With an already particularly rough season behind us, the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountain range throughout California has now seen the biggest overall decrease in its size for the first three weeks in April in history. The Central Sierra snowpack, which was only 63% of average during its highest on April 1st, has now seen a decline to 37% […]

Liam Abbott | April 27, 2021
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California Governor Jerry Brown Declares Drought Officially Over

Governor Brown Lifts Drought Emergency, Retains Prohibition on Wasteful Practices For Immediate Release: April 7th, 2016 Governor’s Press Office (916) 445-4571 SACRAMENTO – Following unprecedented water conservation and plentiful winter rain and snow, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today ended the drought state of emergency in most of California, while maintaining water reporting requirements and prohibitions on wasteful practices, such as […]

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SnowBrains | April 7, 2017
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NOAA: Much of California Sees 800% of Avg. Precipitation in July

“Here’s a look at how much precipitation fell in CA during the first 10 days of July. The map on the left is the total amount in inches and the map on the right is the percentage of normal.for the same period.” – NOAA Sacramento Large swaths of California have received 800% of normal precipitation for the first 10 days of July. We even had a Water Spout on Lake Tahoe, CA and 9,624′ Tioga Pass in Yosemite, CA was closed for 3 hours on Wednesday due to snow. The weather in California in July has been crazy so far. But it’s not nearly enough. California is still in an “Exceptional” drought. No this extra wet early July did […]

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SnowBrains | July 12, 2015
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How Bad is the California Drought? Possibly the worst in over 1,000 years…

As just about everyone knows by this point, the West is within the grips of a severe drought, California in particular. However, California has had a long history of drought and water issues, so really how serious is this drought that has seen the first ever mandatory water restrictions […]

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Jesse Cassidy | May 12, 2015
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CA Snowpack at 6% of Average | 15 Ski Resorts CLOSED in CA

The Sierra Nevada water content is offcially at 8% of average right now according to the California Department of Water Resources. That’s 1/3 of the lowest ever recorded for today’s date. California is experiencing its 4th year of drought across the state. This 4th year is the worst yet. At least 15 ski resorts are closed in California right now due to a lack of snow. It’s still March… Alpine Meadows closes this Sunday. Squaw Closes on April 12th. Nearly all ski resorts in California will be closed as of April 12th. […]

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SnowBrains | March 30, 2015
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NASA Scientist: California Has One Year of Water Left

If you’re not taking the drought in California seriously yet, this may change your mind – a senior scientist at NASA predicts there’s only one year of water left in California’s reservoirs. In an op-ed published Thursday by the Los Angeles Times, Jay Famiglietti, a senior water scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, said “we’re not just up the creek without a paddle – we’re losing the creek too.” Given the historic low temperatures and snowfalls that pummeled the eastern U.S. this […]

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ameliatraynor | March 16, 2015
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CBS News: “Record California Drought Shows No Sign of Easing”

The reason for the 4 year drought is this Ridiculously Resilient Ridge.

93% of California is in a severe drought or worse. This drought has been going on for 4 years. The latest snow surveys are showing the current Sierra Nevada snowpack at only 12% of normal for this time of year. Squaw Valley received only 4″ of snow between December 31st and February 7th. They’ve gotten a meager 140″ of snow on the upper mountain this winter and only 38″ of snow on the lower mountain this winter. NOAA’s official March outlook is not pointing to any relief for California. We’ve got our fingers crossed for a Miracle […]

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Miles Clark | February 24, 2015
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