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。

Our reservoirs are notably fuller, and we've had record snowpack. We're at 173% of normal snowpack statewide right now.

我们的水库明显更满了，积雪也创了记录。现在全州积雪量就有正常积雪量的173%。

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。

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。

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。

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。

But now that snowpack often melts too quickly and reservoirs are not able to capture enough of it.

但现在积雪融化得太快，水库无法捕获足够的积雪。

And the rain is not conveniently stored away like snowpack that can recharge reservoirs in spring and summer.

因为雨水不像积雪那样方便储存，融化后可以在春夏两季充盈水库。

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%。

Snowpack in the West has been declining for decades.

几十年来，西部的积雪一直在减少。

Just stepping back a little bit, snowpack and groundwater, can you give us some insight on that, Linda?

退后一步，积雪和地下水，你能给我们一些见解吗，琳达？

The snowpack is basically nature's version of water storage in the form of snow since the state gets most of its precipitation in the winter.

自这个州冬季达到最大降雪量以来，积雪基本上是自然界所赋予以雪的形式储备的水源。

And the Sierra Nevada mountain snowpack, the source of much of the water in Los Angeles, was 20 percent below normal when measured in May.

而洛杉矶大部分水资源来源的内华达山脉积雪在5月时候已经低于正常水平的20%。

Well, I'm actually not too familiar with this term snowpack, but I imagine it is how much snow is compacted in a certain area.

好吧，其实我对积雪这个词不太熟悉，但我想它是在某个区域压实了多少雪。

Unlike, let's say, water that comes from rainfall or water that comes from snowpack, we are utilizing what essentially is the world's largest reservoir, the Pacific Ocean.

让我们来看一下，我们可以利用降雨和积雪中的水，更可以对于本来就是世界上最大蓄水池的太平洋加以利用。

There are new tools to measure snowpack and groundwater, satellites to monitor methane emissions, and remote sensing assets to assess the impact of hazards such as wildfires, earthquakes, and mudslides.

有测量积雪和地下水的新工具，监测甲烷排放的卫星，以及评估野火、地震和泥石流等灾害影响的遥感资产。

Moisture starts to appear in the snowpack at -5C or -6C, at which point it loses its sand-like quality, and the snow starts to compact under the reindeer's hooves, ruining the grazing beneath.

在零下 5 摄氏度或零下 6 摄氏度时，雪层中开始出现水分，此时，雪层失去了沙子般的质量，雪开始在驯鹿的蹄下被压实，破坏了下方的牧场。