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What to Know About Californiaâs Drought
Friday: A primer on the stateâs drought conditions â and what to expect this summer. Also: Disneyland reopens.
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A child walking across cracked earth that used to be the bottom of Lake Mendocino in Ukiah.Credit.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Good morning.
Yes, Iâm referring to the drought gripping much of the state.
Itâs a problem that scientists are expecting to get worse this year, particularly because tinder-dry conditions are likely to lead to another devastating â not to mention long â wildfire season. But experts say the outlook isnât all bad.
Yampa River file photo
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS While researchers are still sounding the alarm about drought this summer, a group of researchers from around the Yampa Valley found the snow that fell between Jan. 30 and Feb. 13 to be the sixth-wettest two-week period since 2000 with 15 inches snow water equivalent across the Yampa River Basin.
The study was led primarily by Marty Ralph, director of the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes and a participant in the Yampa River Basin Rendesvouz.
Ralph said the Upper Colorado Basin, including the Yampa River, is incredibly important to understanding water around other parts of the Western United States, which is why his center in San Diego took interest in the topic.
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