Poor snowpack year getting worse as it ends

Ahead of the two storms this week…snowpack numbers have continued to drop and continue to set new historical lows in the SNOTEL data set. We’re at 10% of AVERAGE in the southern basins….statewide at 19%…On April 13th we sit at where the previous historical low was on May 2nd. Winter ’25-’26 was ROUGH. Drought has been increasing in coverage and deepening over the state and fire danger has been frequent on the warm and breezy/windy days.