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(FOX40.COM) — The last five days in the central Sierra Nevada were the third-snowiest five-day period on record, researchers announced Friday. About 111 inches of snow fell at the Central Sierra Snow Lab in Soda Springs,

Justin Michaels visits the Central Sierra Snow Lab in California, which is nearly 7,000 feet in elevation. Listen to why this research is important to California’s water supply.

A week-long barrage of Sierra Nevada snowfall buried the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab under 111 inches of accumulation, a figure that captures both the raw power of California’s winter storms and the complex question of what all that snow actually means for the state’s water supply.

Scientists at UC Berkeley's Central Sierra Snow Laboratory were busier than ever this season - even before receiving over 4 feet of snow around Christmas. The modest research station, located in a forested area a few miles outside Truckee, meticulously ...

LOS ANGELES – At UC Berkeley’s Central Sierra Snow Laboratory, located at 6,894 feet above sea level near Donner Pass, researchers collect detailed measurements of the snowpack each day. There is still some snow on the ground to measure, but less than ...

Some of the best snow blowers tested by the experts at Consumer Reports can slice through 18 inches of snow and hurl it 40 feet or more.

Most of the planet’s seasonal snow cover occurs in the Northern Hemisphere, although isolated areas of snow cover exist south of Earth’s equator and outside of Antarctica. Since continuous satellite records began in the early 1970s,