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Monthly reports for the Northern California 2016-17 rainy season.
Blicj11:
Nice while it lasted. We set a record here with 10 feet of snow in January, containing almost 5 inches of water. 4 months into the water year and we are more than half way to the annual average. It's been a good winter for water in most of the West, so far.
Steve:
--- Quote from: Blicj11 on January 30, 2017, 11:33:10 PM ---We set a record here with 10 feet of snow in January, containing almost 5 inches of water
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Wow, that's a lot drier than I'd have expected. That's only a ratio of about 4%. Ours is typically in the 10-20% range for our wet, sloppy snow.
Blicj11:
Our snow here is usually powder, with only a couple of wet storms each winter. The state ski industry calls it the Greatest Snow on Earth. On average we run about 12% in terms of the water to snow ratio.
elagache:
Dear Blick, Steve, and WeatherCat climate watchers,
--- Quote from: Blicj11 on January 30, 2017, 11:33:10 PM ---Nice while it lasted. We set a record here with 10 feet of snow in January, containing almost 5 inches of water. 4 months into the water year and we are more than half way to the annual average. It's been a good winter for water in most of the West, so far.
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Well, that gloomy bit of forecast discussion has turned gloomy of the opposite variety. Instead of 1 storm we are getting at least 2 perhaps 3 and once more there will be an atmospheric river tap that could bring once more a lot of rain. So Northern California is once more staring at potential flooding problems. Even the Climate Prediction Center is forecasting above normal rainfall in the 6-10 outlook. However the 8-14 day outlook puts Northern California at the edge of below normal rainfall.
We shall see!
Cheers, Edouard
The Grand Poohbah:
Edouard -- How do you create that beautiful chart ("Monthly and Cumulative Precipitation for Orinda, CA - 2016-2017")? I'd love to make one showing the precipitation in our area.
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