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Across the Sierra Nevada, this year’s snowpack peaked at about 2.7 times the average, weighing an estimated 55 billion tons, according to Painter.
Source: https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-05-15/planes-track-california-historic-snowpack
Additionally, a High Wind Warning issued for the Mother Lode, the western slope of the northern Sierra Nevada and the northern San Joaquin Valley, will remain in effect until 11 PM tonight.
Source: https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/local/2997793/flood-advisories-high-wind-warnings.html
An avalanche warning was issued for the Sierra Nevada backcountry around Lake Tahoe, which straddles the California-Nevada border.
Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9511532/california-floods-multistate-storm/
Another risk is that significant snowmelt could worsen the flooding risk in areas with shallow snowpack, typically below 5,000 feet, such as creeks and streams in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/us/california-weather-rain-storm-flood.html
A wolverine was spotted three times last month in the eastern Sierra Nevada, a rare occurrence for an animal that’s only been seen one other time in California over the last 100 years, state wildlife officials said.
Flood concerns in the southern Central Valley increased this week with the state Department of Water Resources’ release Tuesday of new projections on how much water the southern Sierra Nevada contains and when it’s expected to melt.
If only for one year, abundant, clear and cold waters will come down from the Sierra Nevada.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/opinion/california-water-drought-climate-change.html
‘In Spain, the disappearance of the Sierra Nevada glaciers means an almost complete reduction in water availability there from that time onwards, and the same applies to the glaciers in the Pyrenees.
Mountain roads weaving through the Sierra Nevada range were obstructed by heavy snow and driving conditions made difficult by showers and thunderstorms.
Oregon wildlife biologists are looking for volunteers to help them in the effort to survey Sierra Nevada red foxes in the Central Oregon Cascades.
Source: https://centraloregondaily.com/sierra-nevada-red-foxes-deschutes-cascades-volunteers/
Preparing for the threat of massive flooding during California’s “Big Melt,” federal engineers have been releasing more Kern River water from Lake Isabella than is flowing into the reservoir from the snowbound peaks of the southern Sierra Nevada.
Snow and wind will combine in the Sierra Nevada to create blizzard conditions and make travel "verydangerous to impossible," the weather service warned.
The Long Valley Caldera is a broad depression of land east of the Sierra Nevada.
The vast Central Valley and Sierra Nevada foothills will be under excessive-heat warnings through the weekend.
This year could exceed that: State water officials said Tuesday this year’s snowpack in the southern Sierra Nevada is the biggest ever recorded, at 429 percent of normal.