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Darryl_Lict t1_j471yr6 wrote

Reply to comment by OtakuMage in Nearly all of California exits the worst drought categories in U.S. Drought Monitor by pneumatichorseman

Our local reservoir went from about 8% capacity to overflow predicted this weekend during this season. It's amazing how much rain we got. I don't remember it being like this since I think it was 1996 when we got like three 100 year storms in one year.

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RoboLucifer t1_j4764iz wrote

I am curious if the problem lies in the fact that although the res is filled again, this is temporary, and there is not necessarily an ongoing source of replenishment. Unless the snowpack is good? I haven't been paying attention.

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churrmander t1_j47m2i2 wrote

Snowpack in the mountains -- if my enviro science class knowledge serves me well -- is good because it means that reservoirs are replenished over the summer as snow in the lower altitudes of the mountains melts off and flows down river.

No snowpack means the reservoirs aren't continuously fed and thus any fullness will likely only last us this summer at best.

I'm sure I'm incorrect somewhere, so if any environerds wanna chime in, be my guest.

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