Definition of snowpack
:a seasonal accumulation of slow-melting packed snow
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Across the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California’s snowpack was the lowest on record in 2015, according to the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology.
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A big factor in pushing renewable energy above nuclear this season was the record snowpack recorded by California, where the warming months have been huge for hydroelectric plants.
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But this year’s wet winter created a record Sierra Nevada snowpack, and the melt has engorged the river with swift, frigid water.
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But while some folks are rushing downhill, federal snowpack monitor Jeff Anderson is heading up to check on a data collection site nestled between runs.
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Last winter’s Sierra snowpack is melting fast in the summer sun, and backcountry streams are running high.
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The wet winter did increase the snowpack in higher elevations, where Californians are still hitting the slopes even as July approaches.
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The record snowpack is just beginning to thaw and that means there is water everywhere.
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California’s snowpack is past its peak melting period and has begun to slow but the danger remains, said David Rizzardo, a water supply forecaster with the state Department of Water Resources.
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First Known Use of snowpack
circa 1946
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