there, only 4% of what it should be, and take a look, you can see how much water there is already rushing out of the mountains and that is already a problem, because it may be melting off too early to actually get absorbed into all of the flow. just to make you understand why this is important and what we should see, take a listen. >> as of april first, where we should be in terms of snow pack, standing on roughly 5 feet of snow, so my feet should be roughly right here. some may say this is a wake-up call, i disagree, the alarm already went off. climate change is here and has been here in california and across the american west. >> reporter: i should also point out that where we were standing was amidst that calder fire burning last year so behind me, some tree tops that are burned, also a problem because it's not covering up and shading in a snow so it's melting off faster