Two feet of snow falls on Sierra Nevada

LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (KRON) — A snowy April storm dusted Northern California’s Sierra Nevada mountains with two ft of contemporary powder inside the previous two days.

On Friday morning, UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab reported 24 inches of snow falling inside the previous 48 hours. The lab’s seven-day snow complete recorded 31.9 inches.

“We’re getting a little bit of an plentiful April! Loads extra on the best way with one other 8-16″ (20-40 cm) of snow anticipated over the following 36 hours!” UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab wrote on Twitter.

April’s snowy climate is a giant distinction to the vast majority of 2022’s winter.

A dry spell in January and February prompted California’s snowpack to drop to lower than half of common, in accordance with the California Division of Water Assets.

The snowpack continued plummeting in latest weeks as unseasonably heat temperatures hit the Sierra.

The start of April is often when the snowpack is at its highest.

“(April 1) normally marks the standard peak of the state’s snowpack, this yr’s snowpack doubtless peaked in mid-January within the Northern Sierra,” mentioned Sean de Guzman, supervisor of DWR’s Snow Surveys and Water Provide Forecasting Unit.

“A lot of the snow accumulation this yr got here from simply two storms in December that had been adopted by the driest January and February on report within the Sierra,” Guzman mentioned.

California’s Northern, Central, and Southern Sierra snowpacks account for roughly 30% of the state’s water provide.