DWR Officially calls the coming water year DRY

[jstoesz]

No I understand. As you said,Ion, the graph I linked is more of a aggregate warm fuzzy and deals with snow in the basins, not run off in the rivers. I know there is nothing explicitly nefarious about the DWR. My thread drift was just a late night/"2 beers in" frustration vomit. Kind of like when you have had a little to much spicy food and you burp up a little.
I assume they have a preset definition for what is considered a dry year, like anything below 15% of average. But inherently, It does seem like when 80% is considered dry we are living to close to the line. I also remember that post by hilde. At the time, it was sort a confirmation of thoughts on why brush never got above the boat beater level in the last 3 years (either that or the pot farmers). But at any rate, sorry I lost generally modest tone and political neutrality that is well respected on this thread. Thank God this is not the teton gravity research forum.
Jake

[hilde]

Here is a good podcast that explains the process of forecasting the State's runoff.
http://www.water.ca.gov/newsroom/pod...1609runoff.mp3
The site below contains a ton of water info if you follow the links:
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/snow/
If you looks at res levels and combine it with the runoff forecast the impact of the three year dry period really hits home.
Anyway, something to think about as you enjoy the snowmelt!