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Dan McEvoy

Dan McEvoy

Associate Research Professor, Climatology Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute

Commentary

Climate impacts on sporadic winter storms and rising temperature in the Sierras

By: - March 8, 2024

This last weekend we saw the largest storm to hit the Sierras this winter. The Central Sierra Snow Lab measured 75.2 inches of new snowfall over a four day period ending March 4. So what does this mean in terms of snowpack, drought, and how our wildfire season will pan out? And how does this […]