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Weekend rain clouds over Malibu beach. Veronique de Turenne
This rain we have been having Sunday is just the first blip of a storm cycle that is expected to bring some significant rain starting Tuesday. The precipitation has already been more newsworthy in Northern California, but you don't need to bother with the unnecessary end of drought question mark stories in various media outlets. Just enjoy the rain. In a few months we'll know if the needle has been moved. The water deficit hole we're in is big and deep, and it would take a good season of rain and snow to appreciably change anything.
From Weather.com's post this afternoon:
A pattern change is on the way, which will bring some much-needed rainfall to California by midweek, including southern California….
The rain will be heavy at times on Tuesday, and a widespread area of 1 to 3 inches of rain is expected. The highest amounts will be on south-facing mountain slopes, with less than half an inch in the deserts.
Kind of a smart piece in the Sacramento Bee about how the past couple of days have reminded people in the north what "normal" looks like in California.
Rainy day after rainy day may seem unusual to Californians used to the recent dry winters amid a historic drought, but forecasters said Sunday that the current wet stretch is what normal looks like.The National Weather Service said a series of systems bringing rain to Northern California beginning Friday will stretch on through Wednesday and could drop more than 2 inches of rain on the region by week’s end….
These kinds of storms, small systems stacked on top of each other, are supposed to water the region several times during a winter season. But that hasn’t happened over the past several years. The last time Northern California saw this many days of sustained precipitation, Dang said, was about eight months ago.
“The only reason this feels odd is because we’re in this California drought,” he said. “This is supposed to happen over and over, every single winter.”
