El Niño ’s been very busy blasting the West Coast ( and everywhere else ) with storm . Now Folsom Lake , one of themost famous lakes to be depleted by California ’s drouth , has surpassed its average water level for early February and willsoon reach capacityfor this fourth dimension of class .
Last month , Lake Oroville made headlines when itrose 20 animal foot in 10 days . Folsom Lake was also busy fill up — although not as quickly ; it rose 30 feet in 30 sidereal day — and the reservoir has now achieved something quite famous for beingon the brink of disasterjust two months ago . Behold !
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The lake is at levels that are above what this date has seen throughout history , reports ABC10 , and climb . For the first time in several years , engineers will have to resolve what to do with all that extra water , which might include releasing some from the dam . Although the reservoir is only about one-half full , hydrologists can only occupy it to sure levels at different clip of year to prevent implosion therapy .
permit ’s just desire it keeps rise — here ’s what happened for the last two age .
This is all gravid , but of course , we involve snowpack , not just refilled reservoir . TheCalifornia Department of Water Resourcesalso tracks snowpack for the Sierras and the news is just as notable on that front . Across the body politic , all three snow sensors arerecording snowpack above normal , with a statewide norm of 114 percent .
The res publica ’s snow survey took place today in Northern California and the termination are far , far better than inyearspast . With 76.2 inches of snow this particular location was showing 130 percent of the norm since 1966 . Even more good news : The water mental object is 25.4 column inch , which is “ a really good start for this class . ”
snowfall survey is taking place now ! Live results within the minute here via#Periscope.#CAWater#CADroughtpic.twitter.com / eWhzCMPCOG
— CA – DWR ( @CA_DWR)February 2 , 2016
liken that to February 2014 when there was only eight inches of C. P. Snow , and April 2014 when there was no Baron Snow of Leicester at all .
[ ABC10h / t David Oliver ]
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