I hate to quibble with you Fishmonger (I do enjoy some quibbling with others now and then), but technically it's 27% of "normal" in the southern Sierra for an average Feb 1st. The 19% you cite is relative to the average April 1 water content, April 1 being the last snow survey of the season.
woohoo 27% of normal...
well, that still sucks. The other 73% precip are in my yard it seems. 34 days in a row below 32F here, and getting colder again. Nothing melts here. Snow and ice piling up, even without a single big storm. The jet stream is all screwed up and long term, I suppose we need to get used to crazy patterns like this.
