[pct-l] snow reports

[jeffmoorehead1 at cox.net (Jeff Moorehead)]

very true-- the area (especially that south f the Lagunas) is characterized 
by a general lack of permanent water necessary for agriculture and ranching 
(the Great American Canal is just that-- a canal). I guess rapidly melting 
snow doesn't contribute that much to a 'useful' water supply. What's 
interesting is how much of an impact it might make on hikers who would like 
to rely on even a trickle from a spring. I'll look around for studies that 
might correlate cumulative snowfall with water levels in local springs. Or 
maybe there is a hiker data base showing yearly availability that goes back 
a few years (for statistical purposes). If so, maybe the cumulative snowfall 
in So Cal stations would be useful for the Post Holer



>One simple reason why So.Cal is not covered: lack of sensors.

>All I can find are real time precip sensors, tip-buckets, etc. No 
>snow-water-equiv,
not even snow depth, by ANY agency. I assume this is because the local
mountains have a much less impact on water supply than the Sierra's.

If anyone knows if such stations exist, PLEASE let me know and they will
most definitely be added.

The best that I could find for San Jacinto and Big Bear were manual snow
depths posted on the web from local fire depts. Given the sporadic nature of 
the data, it
appears the samplers take weekends off. :) I was enteraining the idea of
putting it in, just to have SOMETHING. But it was to cheesy for even me.

Repeating, if you know of automated stations is SoCal who have their data 
available
on the web, lemme know!

Thanks,
Scott Parks

> 100% of normal down in the SSierras the report stops short of the local LA
> mts. Not sure of the entire area but we are almost 200% of snowfall in the
> local mts. here in LA. I can see the snow on the mts. from my place here 
> in

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