{"id":1746,"date":"2009-05-07T03:09:36","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T03:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/?p=1746"},"modified":"2009-05-06T17:23:51","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T17:23:51","slug":"early-may-storms-effect-on-california-rafting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/early-may-storms-effect-on-california-rafting\/","title":{"rendered":"Early May Storm&#8217;s Effect on California Rafting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>Now that we&#8217;ve had a little more time to crunch the numbers I have an update for you about how the recent storms are affecting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/river\/welcome.htm\">California rivers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As you know already, we had wild water on a number of rivers over the<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1747\" title=\"snowy-trees\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/snowy-trees-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"snowy-trees\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/snowy-trees-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/snowy-trees.jpg 490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> May 2nd weekend.\u00a0 What we&#8217;ve learned now is that the storms added significantly to the water content in the Sierra.\u00a0 At high elevations we got more inches added to the snowpack.\u00a0 Lower in the mountains, where it rained,\u00a0the rain was cold enough that it didn&#8217;t melt the snow&#8211;instead the snow was able to absorb and hold the water, meaning when the weather <em>does<\/em> warm up, there will more more to fill reservoirs and raft on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures were a little warmer in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/river\/north-fork-stanislaus\/one-day-trips.htm\">North Fork of the Stanislaus<\/a> watershed so we&#8217;ll have to keep an eye on that situation.\u00a0 For now, we still believe we&#8217;ll be out there until late May.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/river\/merced\/one-day-trips.htm\">Merced River<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/river\/kaweah\/one-day-trips.htm\">Kaweah<\/a> both benefited a great deal from the recent weather, so we&#8217;ve extended their seasons by a few days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that we&#8217;ve had a little more time to crunch the numbers I have an update for you about how the recent storms are affecting California rivers. 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