California’s water season got off to an unfavorable start, with little help from the swath of warmer-than-normal storms beating down the western region. The snowpack at Phillips Station, located west of Lake Tahoe, recorded 29 inches of snow on Tuesday morning during a monthly snow survey by the California Department of Water Resources. That’s 58% of the average to date and about 41% of the average for April 1, department spokesperson Ryan Endean said in a briefing shortly after the survey. The guideline is used to forecast the state’s water supply in the drier summer months. Statewide, the av…