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March 27, 2008
Lack of Water Persists in Southern California
Recent measurements of the snow pack from the Sierra Nevada have indicated that the past stormy winter in California would not have much affect on the water supply this dry season.
"We had a very productive January and February, but there's been virtually no storm activity in March,: said Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys. "We've lost some of that advantage. But if we didn't have January and February, we'd have long faces."
The recent "warm weather is not good for the snow pack," said Bill Patzert, a climatologist with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge. "You want to see it linger and melt slowly through the spring."
Both downtown Los Angeles and Burbank have reported below average rainfall this winter.
"You realize we do live in a desert," said Bonnie Bartling, a National Weather Service specialist. "Some years you get some and other years you get nothing."
Southern California imports its water, receiving half of its water supply from the northern mountain snow pack and half from the now drought stricken Colorado River.
"The weather in the Los Angels Basin is expected to remain dry in the coming days, with temperatures remaining in the low 70s and high 60s," Bartling said, as reported by the Los Angeles Times.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at March 27, 2008 12:04 PM
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