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Snowpack Melting Earlier and/or Faster

Temperature directly influences mountain snowpack, which provides natural storage of precipitation during cold winter months until it melts and provides water in the form of runoff as temperatures warm. Over the past few decades, warming temperatures have been linked to changes in the percentage of precipitation falling as rain or snow, and snow melt anomalies showing a trend towards earlier and faster stream flow.

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