April could end up being above average for precipitation but the additional water will only go so far for our area lakes, reservoirs and rivers.
Snowpack is off to a normal start in the Sierra.
Lake Tahoe and our areas reservoirs are reaping the benefits of last winter's snowpack.
Hydrologists with the Natural Resources Conservation Services performed their final snowpack survey at the Mount Rose measuring site Monday.
The spring runoff is behind schedule but officials say the snowpack has enough water to fill Lake Tahoe and all of our reservoirs.
Thanks to back-to-back wet winters, Lake Tahoe is still more than 3.5 feet above its natural rim but good snowpack is needed to keep it going next year.
Snowpack in the Sierra was just 60% of average coming into the month, but with triple the amount of precipitation than a normal March, the outlook is much better.
Our latest snow storm brought the type of conditions that skiers have been waiting for all year, but was the moisture enough to help us climb out of what's been a below average winter? "
Tahoe's level is still more than five feet above its natural rim and less than a foot from its legal limit.
Lake Tahoe is 6.5 feet higher than it was in October, before heavy rain and snow fell in the Sierra. Officials are ramping up the amount of water being released from Lake Tahoe, to make room for the snow melt that is still flowing into the lake.
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