Sierra snowpack off to strong start but region needs more storms to keep momentum
Heavy snow in November and December means Northern Nevada’s seasonal snowpack is off to a strong start in 2020. … Snowpack in the Lake Tahoe Basin is 102 percent of normal for the date. In the Truckee River Basin it’s at 99 percent of normal. The region with the strongest snowpack in the state is in the Owyee River Basin, which is at 123 percent of normal. The area with the thinnest snowpack is the Walker River Basin at 87 percent.
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