: a seasonal accumulation of slow-melting packed snow
Examples of snowpack in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebPortland General Electric, a utility serving about two million residents in the state, tracks water flows and snowpack in British Columbia from an operations center near Portland.—Ivan Penn Ruth Fremson, New York Times, 3 June 2024 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 Much of Wisconsin is currently in a drought and there's a lack of snowpack to help with moisture, said Cameron Miller, a meteorologist at the local National Weather Service office.—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024 And California Water Watch reported that the Sierra snowpack is at 94% of average across all stations.—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for snowpack
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