Posted on 03/19/2023 6:02:53 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Californians desperate for a break in the rain will find a glimmer of hope in a new forecast released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center.
The outlook for the month of April leans toward below average chances of rain and snow for the state.
But don’t put away your umbrellas just yet – there are a few caveats to mention.
First off, there’s more rain in store before we even get to April. The next 10 days are likely to be very wet, as there’s already another atmospheric river lurking off the coast and heading our way.
Next week’s atmospheric river will probably peak Tuesday or Wednesday, National Weather Service meteorologist Dalton Behringer said. It’s too soon to say exactly which part of the state will be hardest hit, but state climatologist Michael Anderson said earlier this week that the storm’s impact zone could stretch from the Bay Area to San Diego.
Yosemite National Park extends closure as another winter storm heads toward California Once that storm passes, things are looking a bit drier, as is normal for April in California. “It’s not like we’re going into this crazy dry pattern or anything,” Behringer said. “It’s just April is typically the time that we would dry out and we’re seeing that pattern start to shift towards a drier pattern after the end of this month.”
Behringer cautioned against a misreading of the map (below), which forecasts in terms of probabilities – not certainties. The forecast calls for a 33% to 50% chance of below-average precipitation for California in April.
“That doesn’t mean that we’re not gonna see any rain,” Behringer said. “This tells you there’s a chance of below-normal precipitation, not how much below-normal precipitation. … We could still see an atmospheric river – that doesn’t mean you can’t get those to happen.”
Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office, said it could even be months before we see prolonged stretches of dry weather.
“If we go deep into the crystal ball, then the week of the 27th we might have a few sunny days, but in all likelihood, we won’t dry out until we get deep into spring and early summer,” he told Nexstar last week.
“I’m singin’ in the Atmospheric River”...
Why would anyone listen to these bozos now?
They predicted none of this.
They can maybe get it right three days out. Beyond that, the Farmers Almanac is better.
Again, where do you get this stuff? Totally incorrect.
BTW, the floods are starting in Arizona. Sedona has many houses flooded, Salt River is flowing mighty in Phoenix (Last time it was in 2019).
An acre foot is almost 326,000 gallons. Are you saying the average Kalifornian uses 900 gallons of water a day? No wonder they have a water shortage.
Green outdoors is what I like. I am happy to see California getting all greened up. And then some. Nice full reservoirs too!
I am in CA. and have seen only 3 days of rain all winter WHERE is it raining???
Man is that troo.
Global Whining is the only thing they know how to do here.
The latest BS is that this “extreme weather” due to - wait for it - Climate Change.
That’s funny. Looks a lot like other winters here when it rained and snowed a lot. All the way back to the ‘50s. Was that cow fart storms? Or just all the ‘49 Fords?
I believe you have my stapler.
I have talked to friends in Northern California, SoCal, the central Valley, and all have seen a ton of rain. Unless you live where it come down as snow.
I think agriculture and endangered species take up a lot.
It was even better when they called these kinds of warmer storms from the tropics “The Pineapple Express”...
Good hunting there.
I’m sure they let water out to make sure to save the life of a single trout.
Yep, when we got a warm rain in the late winter or early spring up here in the PNW that’s what it was.
my complaint is that we get all this water and we dont have storage because the state refuses to spend money on infrastructure to store water. 50 years since the last major construction of a dam or canal in the state. instead we have money spent on a rail system that wont be finished for 20 years if ever. I dont say high speed becxouse that was a lie. if it ever is vbuilt the speed will be 70 mph not the 90-110 they spoke about to get the job started.
“’They can’t fill the reservoirs to capacity because they haven’t completed any upgrades for the past 20 years. They haven’t built any new ones either.’
It’s been longer than that. Plus CA voted in 2014 for a proposition setting aside $2.7 billion for water storage. Nothing has happened form that yet.”
Al, the glory of a socialist state... A bureaucrat’s dream where the red tape stretches as far as the eye can see - and then some.
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I had never heard the term “atmospheric river before 2023. Sounds like a brand of perfume.
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