KTVN Channel 2 News 530PM March 1, 2016
Experts say an ideal runoff would begin in april with sustained snowmelt to keep the water from soaking into the ground. The snowmelt has already started in some areas. Jeff we had a lot of low elevation snow that melted off all at the same time and that boosted river flows. It got some of the smaller creeks flowing and its boosted reservoirs. Lahontan reservoir has doubled its volume in the last month. March averages about 8 inches of precipitation. Thanks to the good start to winter anderson says just a few wet storms could mean the snowpack will peak either at or above normal. Jeff even aft...