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State's First Snow Survey of 2014 Confirms Meager Water Content to Date in Sierra
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The department of water resources' first manual snow survey of the season on Jan. 3 recorded predictably dismal results: the Sierra snowpack in California is about 20% of normal for the date.
DWR took measurements at the traditional location near Echo Summit about 10 miles south of Lake Tahoe. They are as follows: Alpha (7,600 feet), snow depth of 7.9 inches and 2 inches of water content, 15% of normal for the date; Phillips Station (6,800 feet) 9.3 inches of snow depth and 2.3 inches of water content, 20% of normal; and Lyons Creek (6,700 feet) 15.4 inches of snow and 3.6 inches of water.
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