They are pretty much full.
There is 50 ft of snow waiting to melt, that will go into some of them
We need water in Lake Mead and Lake Powell. Seem to have benefitted somewhat from these atmospheric rivers.
Wouldn’t the atmospheric rivers put out the bomb cyclones?
It is a amazing construction repair that was done at Oroville Dam after the Feb 2017 failure seen below.
Damage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxNM4DGBRMU
Repairing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekUROM87vTA
14 and counting…
Now we have atmospheric rivers.
When will we have atmospheric oceans...
Or do we have them now?
So; when will California get rid of ‘water use’ restrictions?
I’m going to say Never!