[pct-l] Snow pack melting quickly

[Sir Mixalot]

Six or seven, but it's normal for those to be full or overflowing at this
time of year.  At least one of them is fill by aquaduct.  I'm not sure
which reservoirs are most relevant to the PCT.  Some creeks are fed by
lakes at higher elevations, but many others disappear even before all the
snow melts.  Maybe Hetch Hetchy is worth looking at?  I don't see Edison
Lake.  Here's what I usually look at.

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/reservoirs/RES

East Sierras water flow:
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/rivfcast/EASTBUL



On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 5:09 AM, JPL <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:

> Are any of the dams in danger of hitting the overflow channels?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sir Mixalot
> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2014 7:26 AM
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> Subject: [pct-l] Snow pack melting quickly
>
> 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/
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