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snowpack

[ snoh-pak ]

noun

  1. the accumulation of winter snowfall, especially in mountain or upland regions.


snowpack

/ ˈəʊˌæ /

noun

  1. a quantity of fallen snow that has become massed together
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

snowpack

/ ōă′ /

  1. An area of naturally formed, packed snow that usually melts during the warmer months.
  2. The amount of snow that accumulates annually in a mountainous area.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of snowpack1

First recorded in 1945–50; snow + pack 1
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Despite a drier than normal winter in some parts of the state, California is enjoying a plush snowpack.

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The statewide snowpack was 101% of average as of Friday.

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The snowpack measured 122% of average in the northern Sierra Nevada, 97% of average in the central Sierra and 86% of average in the southern Sierra.

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California’s snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains measures 96% of average.

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The brief rainstorm comes only days after state officials announced that the state’s snowpack had reached 96% of average on April 1, when the snow season typically reaches its peak.

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