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January 29, 2013
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Officials: Strong start to water year drying up

An extremely wet beginning to the California water year has acted only as a false harbinger, weather officials say. “It’s looking more and more like we are going to experience a dry year,” said Drew Peterson, National Weather Service meteorologist. After the second snowpack survey of 2013 was measured Tuesday, officials with the California Department of Water Resources reported water content in California’s mountain snowpack is below average for the date. This comes only a month after officials were reporting snowpack conditions to be well above average. “We are off to a good water supply start for the new year, …

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The Union Updated Jan 30, 2013 08:30AM Published Jan 31, 2013 08:39AM Copyright 2013 The Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.