As snowpack in the Sierra Nevada starts to melt due to increasing temperatures, meltwater has been flowing rapidly into the California valleys.
also having much larger than average snowpacks at 218 percent and 168 percent, respectively.
Due to the rising spring temperatures, the snow has now started to melt, flowing down from the peaks and into the valleys below. "We said there would eventually be some week between about March and May when the rate of snowmelt dramatically increased, either due to a heat wave or late-season warm storm. I think this is probably that week now," he continued.
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