Definition of snowpack
: a seasonal accumulation of slow-melting packed snow
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And at these latitudes, the snowpack—well above normal for this banner season and drier than neighboring British Columbia—will hold well into May. Everything is bigger and stretches further in Alberta, including your U.S. dollar.
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As rain melts the snowpack in the Sierras above Reno, emergency crews are preparing.
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Water officials trekked to the Sierra Nevada on Monday to measure the late-winter snowpack.
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The state’s snowpack stood at 20 percent of normal.
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These flows have also helped to replenish California's water reserves, one-third of which have been supplied by snowpack.
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But with warming temperatures, drought and increased dust settling on the snowpack, that water source is diminishing.
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The series of storms also helped replenish the Sierra Nevada snowpack, a precious resource for California in the spring and summer.
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The early-April reading is considered key, because that’s when the snowpack is usually at its peak.
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First Known Use of snowpack
circa 1946
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