INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. (KOLO) – As he does every year, hydrologist Jeff Anderson would make his way to Slide Mountain on Monday to see how deep the snow is and how much water is in it.
“What we found today is the snow is 58 inches deep, contains 19.8 inches of water content,” Anderson explained. “And that is 83% of median.”
The total snowpack of the Lake Tahoe basin is currently at 60%, but elsewhere across the state, things are more dire. The Northern Great Basin is currently at just 26%, and the Owyhee Basin is at 24%. Both of those numbers represent the lowest snowpacks on record…