http://www.newsweek.com/california-drought-monitor-big-melt-snowpack-1797301

Drought-stricken California is in for another break, with the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada about to start melting with rising springtime temperatures.

Over two-thirds of the state is now completely free of any drought conditions, according to U.S. Drought Monitor data, which is a stark change from the mere 0.64 of the state that was drought-free only three months ago, on January 24.