Lauren Alkire, left, and Sean de Guzman, manager of snow surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit, conduct the third snow survey of the season at Phillips Station near Echo Summit, Calif., on March 1, 2022. (Kenneth James/California Department of Water Resources via AP)

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California snowpack far below normal after dry winter months

The water content of the statewide snowpack is just 63% of normal to date and the snowmelt forecast is just 66% of average.

• By By John Antczak Associated Press
• March 1, 2022