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For the first time in 25 years, California has a snowpack three regiment.

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The year may have started with a dry spell, but the end of California storm season brought more fresh snow to Sierra Nevada, pushing the state snow to 96% of the average on April 1st, when snow season was at its normal peak. Near-average snow packs gave the state a sufficient water supply to the mountains…