"The entire map is either red, orange, or yellow. Not a single area is green, blue, or especially dark blue, indicating a severe lack of snowpack across the U.S."
"Storms came too infrequently, snow levels were often too high, and the mountain snowpack never had the steady reinforcement it needed to recover."
"Even where precipitation totals looked respectable, too much of it failed to arrive as snow, leaving the West with a shallow, underwhelming snowpack."
The snowpack builds gradually as storms settle and compact. This season, the snowpack is below average, with no areas showing healthy levels. Snowpack is measured by total depth and snow-water equivalent (SWE), which indicates water storage. The West received adequate precipitation, but temperatures were too warm for snow accumulation. Many ski areas are closing early due to a lack of meaningful snow. Overall, this winter is marked by a failure to accumulate sufficient snow, resulting in one of the poorest seasons in years.
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