How much longer before the melt becomes a problem for the dam infrastructure?
ROFL...My eyes opened wide when I first saw the headline...I read “blow” instead of “plow”.....
Probably won’t.....that much snow doesn’t melt over night
Hmmm. We may soon see. Supposed to be in the mid 90’s here in the Truckee Meadows by Monday. The Truckee River is cranking right now and supposedly will be all summer. Pretty sure calibfornia has already dumped YUGE amounts of fresh water into the Pacific to help ward off the melt.
While most of the reservoirs are close to full and couldn't handle the full snowmelt, the river systems downstream have generally dropped below flood stage.
So the plan is probably to ramp up reservoir releases to match the inflow from the melt, which should start up pretty good this week with the coming heat. Downstream rivers will rise but hopefully not flood.
A very quick melt, or more rain, could cause some problems in some places. Nobody seems to talk about it much, until it's too late.