snowpack

The other good news is the state of the snowpack.

This season the state's snowpack is just about 60 percent of average.

In fact, officials say California's snowpack is just 17 percent of normal.

Allow the snowpack to settle for at least 24 hours.

A dry winter left the park with about 53% of the normal snowpack.

Recent storms have increased the state’s snowpack to 126 percent of its 30-year average.

The air was cooled as it moved over the snowpack.

The snowpack in the mountains will barely meet summer's needs.

In Colorado, the statewide snowpack was only 60 percent of average last week.

It is common as a warm front passes over an area with significant snowpack.

Strong solar radiation will have an effect on the snowpack.

The snowpack continues to surprise even the most experienced people.

At this level, there is a good snowpack for skiing from early to late in the season.

This was a thicker snowpack than he had ever seen before.

Because of the drought, she said, the 30-year snowpack average has dropped 20 percent over the last eight years.

But the high snowpack means that this year the river could to be open to recreation from now through June.

He added later, "The bottom line is that we have a way above normal snowpack sitting out there right now."

We have quite a different situation with the snowpack.

But the snowpack varies greatly each year, so check first.

Probably the most dangerous snowpack we've had in 30 years."

"People would like to think that the snowpack is consistent over a slope," he said.

The amount of water in that snowpack is among the highest on record, Masters said.

As with studying terrain features, reading snowpack takes years of experience.

Bright areas such as snowpack and sea ice are very reflective.

Travel conditions are quite good due to a generally supportive snowpack.