California faces another dry year in spite of late winter storms that added to the snowpack in the Sierra Nevadas, the state Department of Water Resources says.
On April 1, the snowpack averaged 9.2 inches, an increase of 7.2 inches since the first measurement Jan. 3. But that is only about one-third of the average in April, when snow in the mountains is usually at its heaviest as the spring thaw begins.