Snow Survery Report from 2/28/2008

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced a state average of 118% of normal. This is outstanding news for the California rafting industry. But lets not get ahead of ourselves yet. A lot can happen in the next few month… we could double our snowpack or lose a bunch of it.

Quoted from CDEC Snow Survey Reports (PDF):
Today’s snow survey was the third of the 2008 snowfall season. The most recent electronic sensor readings show Northern Sierra snow water equivalents at 122 percent of normal for this date, the Central Sierra at 110 percent, and the Southern Sierra at 130 percent. Statewide, the percentage of normal is at 118 percent. Electronic sensor readings one year ago showed the Northern Sierra at 69 percent of normal, the Central Sierra at 64 percent and the Southern Sierra at 52 percent. The statewide average was 63 percent.