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Drought To Deluge: Atmospheric River Continues To Hose California In Relentless Storm Series

Written by on February 19, 2017 in United States of America, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
Drought To Deluge: Atmospheric River Continues To Hose California In Relentless Storm Series

First it was Northern California which got the constant hammering in January, then it was Southern California’s turn late last week and now the Atmospheric River has repositioned back into Northern California. The Friday storm which is said to have been SoCal’s strongest since December 2010 brought 108 mph gusts to the Grapevine along with heavy flooding rain […]

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Northern California Says Goodbye To Decade Long Drought, More Storms On The Way!

Written by on January 17, 2017 in United States of America, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
Northern California Says Goodbye To Decade Long Drought, More Storms On The Way!

What a difference 10 days makes! The last round of excessive rain and snowfall essentially ended the California drought north of I-80, that’s 40% but drought remains in Southern California. San Francisco got more rain in the first 8 days of 2017 than in all of 2013! With 350 billion gallons of water pouring into Northern California lakes […]

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California Get’s 7-Day Pounding! 175mph Gusts, 2ft of Rain, 4ft of Snow In 1 Day, 8ft in 2 Days, 15ft In 6 Days!

Written by on January 12, 2017 in United States of America, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
California Get’s 7-Day Pounding! 175mph Gusts, 2ft of Rain, 4ft of Snow In 1 Day, 8ft in 2 Days, 15ft In 6 Days!

Firstly, here’s two interesting article titles produced by the same journalist 8 months apart! After ‘years’ of poor rainy seasons and worsening drought, 2017 has started like a dream for California, if not a little too much too quick. While low elevations over parts of Northern/Central California has seen up to a foot of rain, […]

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Record Tying El Nino Is Helping Drought Stricken California But Long Way To Go!

Written by on January 6, 2016 in United States of America, Winter 2015/16 with 0 Comments
Record Tying El Nino Is Helping Drought Stricken California But Long Way To Go!

According to NOAA the 2015 El Nino has tied 1997-98 as strongest in recorded history. It would appear drought stricken California and the West is reaping the benefits but as per usual in classic powerful El Nino’s, rains and storms come in hard. This is the 5 freeway in north LA this morning. Visible satellite shows […]

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Record Rain, Snow Brings A May Surprise To Southern Californians

Written by on May 15, 2015 in Spring 2015, United States of America with 0 Comments
Record Rain, Snow Brings A May Surprise To Southern Californians

While LA and San Diego have both dealt with record rainfall over the last 36 hours, it’s back to winter in the surrounding mountains, all thanks to an unusually late Alaska origin low  which has swept directly over Southern California. Parts of San Diego were under water last night having recorded a 1.63 inches of rain. That’s the greatest […]

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Rare May Storm For Southern California, US Temp & Precip Pattern Mirroring Nicely

Written by on May 13, 2015 in Spring 2015, United States of America with 0 Comments
Rare May Storm For Southern California, US Temp & Precip Pattern Mirroring Nicely

The anomalous Southwest upper trough continues to support cool temps and unseasonable precipitation across California and the Desert Southwest but this will join forces with storm and rain cooled air over the Plains. Eventually, towards the 7-10 day period, cooler than normal air should return to the East where summer warmth has had temps near 90 from DC […]

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Could Strengthening El Nino Rival 1997-98 & Erase California’s Historic Drought? It’s Doing So In The Plains!

Written by on May 12, 2015 in Spring 2015, United States of America with 0 Comments
Could Strengthening El Nino Rival 1997-98 & Erase California’s Historic Drought? It’s Doing So In The Plains!

The 2015 El Nino is likely to become the biggest ‘global weather story’ in quite some time with major impacts heading for the United States drought area. This is likely to have US and global implication and could significantly dent the multi-year drought in California. Could it wipe it out through fall and winter? It would […]

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Upcoming ‘Wetter Pattern’ Won’t Touch Epic California Drought!

Written by on April 3, 2015 in Spring 2015, United States of America with 0 Comments
Upcoming ‘Wetter Pattern’ Won’t Touch Epic California Drought!

While a ‘somewhat’ wetter pattern returns to California next week, the dry pattern of the past 4 YEARS is only worsening one of the worst droughts in a lifetime. The Sierra snow pack is sitting at a mere 6% of normal and never has there been so little snow as of April 1. This has forced the […]

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Record 90s In California, 80s In Dakotas While Boston Sees Snow Which Set’s New All-Time Snow Record!

Record 90s In California, 80s In Dakotas While Boston Sees Snow Which Set’s New All-Time Snow Record!

It’s been another hot summer-like day for Southern California and Southwest as well as the Northern Plains where records have melted. Temps widely 30-40 above normal throughout Nebraska and the Dakotas but it’s been quite different further east where winter’s returned to the Northeast with heavy snowfall over New England including Boston where they’ve officially broke their 1995-96 record for […]

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Heavy Rains Pushing Into California Is A Big Deal, Should Become Trend Into Winter!

Written by on December 2, 2014 in United States of America with 0 Comments
Heavy Rains Pushing Into California Is A Big Deal, Should Become Trend Into Winter!

November ends completing a warmer, drier than normal Fall for drought ravaged California. Here are some stats. Current drought situation. Remains SEVERE! The good news is that we’ve a Pacific storm now pushing in and this will bring probably the biggest rains since March. A soggy Tuesday morning commute from San Francisco down to Los Angeles. […]

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