This is, by far, the lowest snowpack on record.

到目前为止, 这是有记录以来最少的积雪。

Officials planned to measure the Sierra Nevada snowpack on Wednesday.

官员们计划于周三测量内华达山脉积雪场。

Snowpack is its own type of reservoir.

积雪是其自身的蓄水池。

The snowpack isn't lasting as long with the higher temperatures.

随着气温的升高，积雪持续的时间不会那么长。

Winter storms have walloped California this year, and snowpack is piling up.

今年，冬季风暴重创加州，积雪堆积。

Last year, statewide snowpack around this time also looked hopeful.

去年这个时候，全州范围的积雪看起来也很有希望。

The snowpack was the consistency of sand, made up of several layers of large snow crystals.

雪堆是沙子的稠度，由几层大雪的晶体组成。

Water runs off into streams, lakes, and oceans or is stored in the ground or in snowpack.

水流入溪流、湖泊和海洋，或储存在地下或积雪中。

It's not just the rain coming down from the sky, but it melts some of that snowpack.

这不仅仅是从天而降的雨水，它还融化了一些积雪。

When snowpack was supposed to peak in early April, it was just 38 percent of the historic average.

当积雪应该在4月初达到峰值时，它只有历史平均水平的38%。