I prayed for California to get some rain....see how powerful my prayer was???!!!!!
Just an update on my earlier forecast for the flood-prone regions of north-central California ... it continues to look like a heavy rainfall event starting Sunday evening and lasting through to Tuesday mid-day. The latest guidance suggests potential for 4-8 inches of rain in most of central California and 8-15 inches in higher terrain with the snow line retreating to about 8,000 ft at the height of the rainstorm. This will no doubt place serious strain on the Oroville spillway situation and I think this will be the make or break period. The storm is currently forming up about 500 miles west of Eureka CA but there are prior waves of moisture that will begin to create a steady rainfall in northern CA Sunday, this will not be too heavy until late in the day when the main energy arrives. Unfortunately the strongest energy is directed right towards the Sacramento and Oroville area.