February was not a particularly stellar water month, but the first few days of March may have made up for it. According to the National Weather Service, Minden received a quarter of it's average moisture during the month, with less than .31 inches. The town for the year was at 2.36 inches on Feb. 28. However, by March 4, it had climbed to 80 percent of its average precipitation for the year of 5.13 inches. More importantly, the Ebbetts Pass snow sensor recorded 120 percent of average moisture for February. The chief source for the Carson River's East Fork was at 96 percent of average with 36.75 inches of moisture on Saturday. It has received another 2 inches of moisture since.
Douglas County commissioners will spend their lunch hour in labor negotiations before starting today's meeting at 1 p.m. A presentation on the county's redevelopment agency and its financial health will be this afternoon. Commissioners will also discuss a $60,000 contract with Manhard Consulting to do the preliminary engineering on a water connection between Minden and the north county. An expansion of Walley's Hot Springs is also on the agenda. It doesn't really look like all that long an agenda, timing out to less than three hours. That means they should adjourn at about 6 p.m.
We had another minor accident at 7:38 p.m. Wednesday night at Kingsbury Grade and Highway 50. Even though most of the snow is off the roads, freezing temperatures last night will turn whatever moisture remains into black ice, so be careful out there.
Today will be mostly sunny with a high temperature of 46. It will be a bit breezy with winds 5-10 mph. There's another disturbance headed this way for Friday, but it's nothing compared to what we've just been through.
