Santa Cruz Indigenous Solidarity The occurrence of substantial precipitation across most of California in recent weeks represented a rare piece of good news in the midst of an otherwise rather stark situation. But what about the bigger picture? Amazingly, all this observed precipitation over the past 30 days doesn’t even bring us close to normal for calendar year 2014, let alone for water year 2013-2014. The vast majority of California remains below 50% of normal for the water year. Sierra snow water content, while slightly bolstered by recent storms in the south, remains at all-time record-low levels in the Northern Sierra and is dropping quickly elsewhere as unusually warm temperatures persist. And most concerning is the forecast for the rest of March: high and dry. By Monday afternoon, all precipitation will be exiting the state as high pressure builds in from the south and west. This will set the stage for an extended period of completely dry conditions across the entire state, and possibly a period of record-high March temperatures as high pressure builds strongly overhead.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 05:33:01 +0000
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