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Snow Time, Finally
Jan. 26th, 2025 05:46 pmLast night, I woke up in the wee hours of the morning and had a look out the front door. The forecast snow had arrived, a few hours later than originally predicted.
( Light Snow Day )
This was the first precipitation of note in about a month. Yes, Fernley is on the edge of the Forty Mile Desert, but much of what precipitation we get is in the form of snow. Last year around this time, we got the largest fall I can remember since we moved here in 2011: 40 cm in one night. This winter we have near-drought conditions, and it's worrisome. We need lots of snow in the Sierra Nevada, for Fernley's water ultimately depend on the Truckee River, which flows out of Lake Tahoe through Reno/Sparks and into Pyramid Lake, with a considerable amount siphoned into the Truckee Canal, which feeds much of Fernley's groundwater supply.
( Light Snow Day )
This was the first precipitation of note in about a month. Yes, Fernley is on the edge of the Forty Mile Desert, but much of what precipitation we get is in the form of snow. Last year around this time, we got the largest fall I can remember since we moved here in 2011: 40 cm in one night. This winter we have near-drought conditions, and it's worrisome. We need lots of snow in the Sierra Nevada, for Fernley's water ultimately depend on the Truckee River, which flows out of Lake Tahoe through Reno/Sparks and into Pyramid Lake, with a considerable amount siphoned into the Truckee Canal, which feeds much of Fernley's groundwater supply.
