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Inches of snowfall average, we've got nine states across the west, you can see the areas covered by drought. and that is just about every one. save for a small area in northern idaho and northwestern montana and extreme northern sections of washington state. that's because we've seen atmospheric rivers. that plunges that moisture, that long fetch of moisture from the pacific. for california, there's been this very persistent ridge of high pressure. that's not unusual but the strength of this high pressure ridge is also important. so any time we don't see this winter moisture, so vital to crops...