Warm dry weather dominated the state providing no new snow to the mountains and providing warmth for low elevation snowmelt. Drops in snowpack ranged from 2 to 14 percent of average. The northeastern corner of the state reported the greatest decline with a 14 percent of average drop. The Sierra Mountain Basins dropped from 2 to 8 percent of average. The Lake Tahoe area reports the highest snowpack in the eastern Sierras with a snowpack of 137 percent of average.
All basin snowpacks in the state remain in the above to much above average range.
The snowpack across Nevada dropped this week. Decreases ranged from 2 to 14 percent of average. The Northern Great Basin area declined the most with a 14 percent of average drop. The eastern Sierra dropped from 2 to 8 percent of average. The Humboldt River dropped 10 percent in the upper basin and 4 percent of average in the lower basin.