Jake Reno talked to researchers at today's measurement about how things could pan out over the next few months.

Each month during winter surveyors check the snowpack. This month, they found that we are sitting a bit below average for this time of the year. 

Despite being below average, there is optimism that we can reach what would be considered normal numbers by early April.

We haven't been seeing much snow activity at lower levels, but the Mount Rose area has seen some snow, jumping from 60% of average snowpack on February 1st all the way to 85% today, with the help of the storm last week.

"There is 82 inches of snow depth on the ground. That is how deep the snow is, and that depth of snow contains 23 inches of water equivalence, so if we were to melt it down, there would be a puddle almost two feet deep, laying on the ground in this location," said Jeff Anderson, Hydrologist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

These numbers aren't bad for this time of the year, and we are actually doing better when compared to last February.

However, there have been some concerns lately because we have mainly seen rain below 7,500 feet, instead of snow.

"You know the snowpack is really our best reservoir for water and if we can keep it up high in the mountains instead of flowing down the river, that allows it to melt in the spring and the summer when our demand is greater. So, it is better for our water supply to have a really robust snowpack across all elevations," said Jeff Anderson.

More snowpack across all elevations can also reduce our fire danger during the wildfire season, because the fuels will not dry out as quickly.

However, our situation is not all bad.

"It is still pretty early, and we have time to make that up and this forecasted storm at the end of the week looks to be a little colder and potentially more snow and hopefully we can fill in those lower elevations," said Dave Wathen, Chief Deputy Water Master with the Federal Water Master.

Water storage levels in Lake Tahoe are looking good, but surveyors say we will need more snowpack to make sure the Carson River water storage levels reach average numbers for this season.

Overall, the Truckee-Tahoe Basin snowpack as a whole is sitting at 80% of median, and one big storm has the potential to bring us back to average or very close to it.