May 1 snow survey results

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eeek

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May 04, 2009 12:44PM

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May 1 snow survey results: 84% for Merced River; 66% for Tuolumne River.

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May 1 snow survey results
May 05, 2009 01:45PM

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Park staff have completed the May 1 snow surveys. Warm temperatures in April caused substantial melting of the snowpack at the lower elevation sites. The Tuolumne drainage is at 67% of average, and the Merced drainage at 84%. The disparity between the drainage basins has more to do with the location of the snow courses than the actual conditions; one third of the courses in the Tuolumne watershed are under 7000' but none of the courses in the Merced watershed are under that elevation.