How to Use snowpack in a Sentence

snowpack

noun

• The storms were also expected to add to the snowpack in the greater Tahoe area.
  — Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
• Parts of the Sierra are closing in on erasing the snowpack deficit.
  — Sara Tonks, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
• What may be a pain for travelers is a boon for the snowpack.
  — oregonlive, 31 Mar. 2023
• Per the Wall Street Journal, the state is nearing a four-decade record for snowpack.
  — Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023
• At the highest peaks, Donner and Echo summits could add up to 7 feet of snow to the snowpack.
  — Michelle Apon, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2023
• Statewide, the snowpack reached 232% of average for April 1.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• And in some parts of the world, water is also stored in its frozen form, as is the case with glaciers or snowpack.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2024
• But the size of the Sierra Nevada snowpack shrank 20 percent between the Eighties and the Aughts.
  — Ian Frazier, The New York Review of Books, 19 Jan. 2023
• Drought has threatened the future of Utah’s water supply, and parts of the state are too dry even with the record snowpack.
  — Megan Banta, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 July 2023
• As of Thursday, the snowpack in the Great Salt Lake basin was more than double the average for this time of year.
  — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 16 Apr. 2023
• Despite the heat waves, a summer snowpack this deep hasn’t been seen in the eastern Sierra in decades.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
• There has been major shrinkage of glaciers and snowpack in the region and rivers are shrinking.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
• The fish have adapted to the harsh monsoon-to-drought cycles of the desert rivers that flood with melted mountain snowpack in the spring and are parched in the late summer.
  — Stephanie Mencimer, WIRED, 17 Sep. 2022
• But the warm storm was raising concern about a rapid snowmelt of portions of the state's substantial snowpack.
  — CBS News, 9 Mar. 2023
• The state’s snowpack was at just 29% of normal on Dec. 28, according to DWR data.
  — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
• Parts of the region, in fact, were blanketed in double the normal snowpack.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
• In the meantime, a lot of summer rain and melting snowpack have helped the situation.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
• Now, the massive snowpack that piled up on the Sierra Nevada this winter is a dripping time bomb.
  — Bill Weir, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
• Statewide, the amount of snow piled up in the mountains is already 223% above the April 1 average – the date when the snowpack is typically at its peak.
  — Adam Beam, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2023
• This year’s abundant snowpack appears poised to slow but not reverse the losses.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2023
• As this next round of rain falls over the existing snowpack, this could increase runoff into area rivers.
  — Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2023
• Parts of the Sierra are closing in on erasing the snowpack deficit, according to Lindaman.
  — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024
• The snowpack had recorded 29 inches of snow as of Jan. 30 during a snow survey by the state water agency.
  — Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
• In the mountains above, one of California's largest snowpacks on record is starting to melt.
  — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 11 May 2023
• This means winter sports are still out of reach for most kids across the country, regardless of snowpack levels.
  — Heather Balogh Rochfort, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2023
• Trauma and injuries could rise as snowpacks dwindle, with less snow to cushion blows from the terrain.
  — Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2024
• This can create a recipe for disaster as rain falls on snow, which can saturate the snowpack or lead to rapid snow melt.
  — Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 23 Mar. 2023
• Since the lawsuit was filed, the Kern River has surged back to life with abundant runoff from last winter’s storms and the historic snowpack in the Sierra Nevada.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
• Warmer winters means less snow in the mountains, dragging down the snowpack and resulting in less water in the summer months.
  — Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Sep. 2022
• Bigger and more intense wildfires, too, are a growing problem for the snowpack.
  — WIRED, 23 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024