Howdy Jeff, Stu, and WeatherCat drought watchers,
Have a WET Christmas
The forecast is still for a drying trend for the first part of Christmas week, but that still might change by Thursday! . . .
That's quite a lot of rain Edouard! Is it 'useful' rain or will it just vanish?
Well, it is sort of half and half. I lot of it simply got the soils really wet. It has been so long since we got any significant rainfall that the soils were very dry and they are still absorbing a lot. However, where runoff fed reservoirs that water is in the bank. Also there was a fair amount of snow in the higher elevations. Hopefully at least some of that will end up in the back.
We are expecting at least 4 storms this week. They will be colder so that will add to the snow-pack. The storms vary in strength, but some are wet enough to provide more significant rainfall. These storms will go even further toward refilling reservoirs and allowing creeks, streams, and rivers to come back to a more normal flow.
The fear for everybody around here is if that darn blocking high ever returns. If we continue to get storms as we have been all autumn, the trend is good!
Keeping my fingers crossed!
Cheers, Edouard