How to Use snowpack in a Sentence

snowpack

noun
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  • Here's a look at the snowpack as of Friday, March 12th.
    — Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The snowpack is at less than half of normal in much of the region.
    — John Abatzoglou, The Conversation, 13 May 2021
  • The storms were also expected to add to the snowpack in the greater Tahoe area.
    — Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Parts of the Sierra are closing in on erasing the snowpack deficit.
    — Sara Tonks, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
  • What may be a pain for travelers is a boon for the snowpack.
    — oregonlive, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Per the Wall Street Journal, the state is nearing a four-decade record for snowpack.
    — Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023
  • But what is bad for some can be good for others in terms of snowpack.
    — Allison Chinchar and Jackson Dill, CNN, 19 Mar. 2021
  • At the highest peaks, Donner and Echo summits could add up to 7 feet of snow to the snowpack.
    — Michelle Apon, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Statewide, the snowpack reached 232% of average for April 1.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Here's a look at the snowpack as of Saturday, March 13th.
    — Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021
  • And in some parts of the world, water is also stored in its frozen form, as is the case with glaciers or snowpack.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2024
  • This year, the weaker layers are deep in the snowpack, while the stronger layers are on top.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 4 Apr. 2021
  • But the size of the Sierra Nevada snowpack shrank 20 percent between the Eighties and the Aughts.
    — Ian Frazier, The New York Review of Books, 19 Jan. 2023
  • In the peaks of the Sierra Nevada, the snowpack reached its highest level in years.
    — Susie Cagle, Wired, 12 Apr. 2022
  • This year, the snowpack had dwindled to next to nothing by mid-May, at 5% to 8% of normal.
    — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2021
  • If the soil is too dry, snowpack runoff in the spring will be absorbed by the ground instead of heading to the reservoirs.
    — Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
  • One of the West’s biggest water problems this year is the low snowpack.
    — John Abatzoglou, The Conversation, 13 May 2021
  • Snow collects inside the tube when shoved into the snowpack and is then weighed.
    — Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2024
  • As the lakebed dries, dust can land on the state’s snowpack in the mountains, causing the snow to absorb more sunlight and melt faster.
    — Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Drought has threatened the future of Utah’s water supply, and parts of the state are too dry even with the record snowpack.
    — Megan Banta, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 July 2023
  • As of Thursday, the snowpack in the Great Salt Lake basin was more than double the average for this time of year.
    — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 16 Apr. 2023
  • River basins in the northern half of the state are showing above-normal snowpack across the board.
    — John Meyer, The Denver Post, 10 May 2024
  • The lack of snowpack means there is a lot of very dry vegetation out there.
    — Yoohyun Jung, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 May 2021
  • Last week's record snow in the Rockies helped boost overall snowpack.
    — Allison Chinchar and Jackson Dill, CNN, 19 Mar. 2021
  • But this winter, the snowpack peaked at 88% of the long-term median and has since dropped to 71% of the median.
    — Kathy Tulumello, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2021
  • And the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada now stands at just 31% of average.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Despite the heat waves, a summer snowpack this deep hasn’t been seen in the eastern Sierra in decades.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
  • When a cold snap hits, frigid temperatures will not reach the bottom of the snowpack for a week.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2021
  • As of Monday, the snowpack in the northern Sierra Nevada is 91 percent of normal.
    — Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Last year at this time, the snowpack in California was at 28% of its year-to-date average, but ended up above average for the year.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025

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