San Francisco’s Exceeds Annual Avg Rainfall With Latest Storm, ‘May-ruary’ Continues E of Rockies

Written by on February 20, 2017 in United States of America, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments

The latest wind/rain/snowstorm to strike California is doing so as expected. Interestingly the rain which has fallen so far in Downtown San Francisco has exceeded the city’s annual average. The last time SF has done this was March 24, 2011, so a full month earlier than previous.

Nice moisture plume connecting Hawaii with San Francisco Bay today!

Current radar.

Credit: weather.com

Current view of a dreary Downtown San Francisco.

WeatherBug

Credit: Jan Null

Credit: Jan Null

Heat records are tumbling left and right!

With the West Coast bombardment of storms, powerful chinook winds and anomalous upper level ridging continues to drive temperatures 2-4-10 degrees above records from the Plains to East Coast.

CoolWx.com

So, the record warmth continues for the remainder of the week but an abrupt reality check is on the way for particularly the Midwest.

Credit: Tropical Tidbits

Credit: Tropical Tidbits

Credit: Tropical Tidbits

Credit: Tropical Tidbits

Crazy highs/lows for the time of year.

Credit: weather.com

Credit: weather.com

Bloom beginning to show an incredible month ahead of schedule in the South.

GET READY!

Credit: weather.com

Credit: weather.com

Given the warmth, it should be of no real surprise that snow has been poor in typically snowy Northern cities this winter.

Credit: weather.com

US snow cover yesterday was the lowest for Feb 19 since 2004 at 20.4%

Great Lakes now compared to 2013-14!

Watch today’s video!

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