Sentence examples for in the snowpack from inspiring English sources

The heat released by condensation and by rain refreezing in the snowpack enhanced melt even further.

"That snow remains in the snowpack — people are still skiing in it," he said.

Water in the snowpack is what feeds rivers and reservoirs well into summer.

(Snow weed, maybe?) They spend the winter deep in the snowpack, atop last summer's snow, as dormant cysts.

But perhaps a bigger threat than any precipitation in the pipeline is the water locked in the snowpack.

Half of the total water stored in the snowpack is projected to run off 50 days earlier by the end of the century.

"In a slushy pipe, your edge tends to dig in deeper into the snowpack, which can cause your board to track erratically".

When I met with Chu last summer in Berkeley, the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, which provides most of the water for Northern California, was at its lowest level in 20 years.

Statewide in Washington, the snowpack was 29% of a 30-year median as of March 1.

In summer the snowpack becomes thinner, and drainage paths within the snow are more defined, so that meltwater and liquid precipitation are transmitted through the glacier rapidly.

Collier, whose company is located in Hood River, Ore., said the snowpack in the Salmon River Mountains above the Middle Fork is 117% of average, while the snowpack that drains into the Rogue stands at 107%.