Think of snow like a deep, cold sponge. It can hold quite a bit of water in it.
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It just takes a lot of the stress and strain off the water supply.Jon Lea
The early indication is that its an average type of year with good rain and snowfall. If things keep progressing as they are now, we should have near normal stream flows this summer.
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It's the kind of year we like to see. And if everything holds, the water supply outlook is pretty good.
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Last year, what saved everything as far as water were the springtime rains that came. That's what filled up most of our irrigation reservoirs, because there was no snow to speak of. It was very, very skimpy statewide.
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Even though it snowed quite a bit, it was a relatively warm winter down low, so the snow line goes from a lot of snow to no snow very quickly. So, some of our low-elevation sites are below average.
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