Thanks....doesn’t look so good for drought relief out here in California,....if I understand him.
Unlike the global warming alarmists... Bastardi has his reputation to protect so he is not going to predict an end to the cyclic water mismanagement event in California until it is well underway. However, even with the predictable hype, this El Niño is notable and is likely to result in some type of change to the current weather pattern in California.
It is doubtful that this means the snow-pack will return to normal in the Sierra Nevada this year, but who knows? It probably will result in more rain than the past few years. But fear not, to keep the narrative going Kalifornia officials will be more than happy to let the water run back out of the reservoirs early to help the delta smelt.
So if by "drought relief" you are referring to a return to intelligent management of the water resources that California has been blessed with... sorry there is not a chance of that in the near future. You likely will get heavy rains that will cause floods, land slides, deaths and billions of dollars of damage to homes and properties but don't expect that to translate into rising water levels behind the dams. That wouldn't fit the narrative so it is not likely to happen
:’) When the rain comes, you run and hide your head...
I couldn’t find the side by side animation but I see a huge difference between those two static pics of ‘97 and ‘15. They don’t look analogous to me at all.
I wish I could give you a solid response, but I can’t. My brains are fried due medical issues with my 99 year old mom.