[pct-l] Snow pack melting quickly

[Sir Mixalot]

This was published on the 17th.  This may be great news for thru hikers,
but it's awful news as a resident.

In California's Sierra Nevada Mountains, where runoff from the spring
> snowpack provides much-needed water supplies during the dry season, half of
> the snowpack's liquid water equivalent<http://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/nsa/js_animate.html?nsteps=198&year=2014&month=4&day=17&type=nsm_swe&region=Sierra_Nevada&ts=24&large=1>
>  melted in just the past week in some areas, due to temperatures that
> soared as high as 12 degrees Fahrenheit above average of early April,
> according to the U.S. Drought Monitor<http://mashable.com/2014/04/17/california-snowpack-melt-drought/www.drought.gov>
> .



http://mashable.com/2014/04/17/california-snowpack-melt-drought/