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Ken James/California Department of Water ResourcesAt 90% of the state historical average, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is far better than last year. But it鈥檚 nothing like the record-smashing 2023. -
U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation ServiceThe Seventh Oregon Climate Assessment from state and federal scientists and researchers evaluates the what the future could look like based on increasingly precise forecasts.
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The Sierra Nevada hasn鈥檛 provided nearly as much water as predicted. Now the state is struggling to overhaul its snow runoff forecasts. -
After record-breaking snowfall at the start of the rainy season, January and February will likely be the driest on record, prolonging California鈥檚 drought. -
What does the current snowpack tell us about drought next summer? Weather forecasters around California are collecting information to answer that question during this season鈥檚 annual snow surveys. -
Don鈥檛 schedule the 鈥榙rought鈥檚 over party鈥� just yet. That鈥檚 the message from California water officials on Thursday, despite the promising results of a key Sierra snow survey. -
Smaller, faster-melting snowpack could deplete water supplies, increase wildfire risk and invite invasive species. The Cascades might reach that point earlier. -
Oregon ended the calendar year with near-normal levels of snowpack. Here鈥檚 what that can tell us and, perhaps more importantly, what it can鈥檛. -
Snowstorms moving through Southern Oregon and Northern California counties boosted the region鈥檚 snowpack, but have yet to return them to normal鈥� -
Snowpack was just plain fabulous across much of the region as the winter came to an end. And there were even cold days and flurries into the month of June鈥� -
By the middle of February, a majority of the snow basins east of the Oregon Cascades were actually above normal. West of the mountains, it's a different鈥� -
As the first full week of March began, mountain snowpack in the Rogue Basin was running about 53%. Meaning about HALF the snowpack we get in a typical鈥� -
It takes a lot of ingredients for a forest to grow on a mountain. Snow in the winter is one of them. So what happens when snowstorms get few and far鈥�
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Maybe you're the kind of person who appreciates winter weather far from the beaten path. If so, would you mind measuring some snow while you're out there?鈥�
