Sentences with phrase «low snowpack»
"Low snowpack" means there is not much snow accumulating on the ground compared to what is expected or needed. Full definition
«West Coast record low snowpack in 2015 influenced by high temperatures.»
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A new study reveales that the record low snowpack levels in the western-most region of the continental U.S. last 2015 were most likely caused by high temperature.
With lower snowpack levels across Oregon, especially in Central and Western Oregon, the impact goes beyond cancelled snowshoe trips and closed ski areas.
But after dry winters with low snowpack, lake levels drop and toad eggs can find themselves in as little as 10 cm of water.
In contrast, from the mid 1980s through approximately 2000, a positive phase led to relatively low snowpack years (Figure 3 - 9).
Combined with a shifted winter storm track, the warm conditions have left parts of Alaska with very low snowpacks.
The western-most region of the continental United States set records for low snowpack levels in 2015 and scientists, through a new study, point the finger at high temperatures, not the low precipitation characteristic of past «snow drought» years.
Meanwhile, Pederson said he sees an important difference between modern conditions and the brief 14th - and 15th - century periods of warm temperatures and low snowpack along the Columbia and Missouri river headwaters.
Low snowpack creates drought conditions for the trees.
At the end of this winter, the state recorded its all - time lowest snowpack, which measured only 6 percent of normal on April 1.
California's astonishingly low snowpack, a pathetic 5 percent of normal, and the severity of the drought afflicting the state isn't some fluke.
Despite a recent influx of snow and rain this past weekend, extremely low snowpack in the Sierra Nevada has conspired with warm temperatures to keep the state in the grips of one its worst droughts on record for at least another year.
The warm temperatures have combined with a shifted winter storm track that has left parts of Alaska with very low snowpacks.
In 2015, more than 80 percent of the snow measurement sites in the region — comprised of California, Oregon, Washington, western Nevada and western Idaho — experienced record low snowpack levels that were a result of much warmer - than - average temperatures.
A total of 454 sites in the western United States (or 81 percent of the total sites) recorded record - low snowpack levels that year;
PULLMAN, Wash. — A trend of dry summers and low snowpack in coming years is expected to pose challenges for Washington farmers, especially those working marginal lands without access to ample irrigation.
Driven by drought and low snowpack, 2015 broke all the records in Washington state.
The year 2015 was the warmest on record for Oregon, resulting in low snowpacks and less water in many lakes and rivers.
The primary driver of the record low snowpacks was the warm winter, especially in California, but in Oregon and Washington as well.»
In 2015, higher temperatures combined with low precipitation, leading to one of its lowest snowpack levels on record.
«That part is not new, but they point out a few other occasions in the last millennium where there has been low snowpack in the West were also periods that were unusually warm.
That's a pretty strong message: that historically, low snowpack and warm spring go hand in hand.»
It compared the future to the lowest snowpack year seen over that recent 30 - year span.
That threat is a concern with this year's low snowpack, as less snow leads to a drier landscape, Brettschneider said.
The team realized they could take the same approach to put the record - low snowpack in a lengthier historic context, Trouet said.
With Colorado and the rest of the drought - plagued Southwest coming off a winter with record low snowpack, officials are braced for more fires.
While a low snowpack in the mountains is undesirable, the low snowpack in eastern North Dakota does have a bright side as there are no concerns of spring flooding in the Red River Valley at this time.
The researchers found that the low snowpack of April 2015 was «unprecedented in the context of the past 500 years.»
Scientists from the University of Arizona wrote in a September 2015 article in Nature Climate Change that the low snowpack conditions of 2015 were truly extraordinary.
By March 2015, about one - third of the ground - based monitoring sites in the Sierra Nevada recorded the lowest snowpack ever measured.
Hot weather and low snowpack are a historically bad combination that worries water managers across the West.
Records show higher temperatures, lower snowpack, drier forests, and rising sea levels.
With the 2000/01 winter season having the lowest snowpack at the USDA Snotel system in the North Cascades it is evident that the upcoming year will be one of negative annual balances.
«We are looking at our future right now — warm winters and low snowpacks.»