California witnessed another La Nina winter, for the second time in a row during the 2021-2022 water year, with the resultant seasonal rainfall for much of the region once again ending below-average.Most WeatherCurrents stations with accurate season totals finished the 2021-2022 water year with ...
A moderate-strength La Nina pattern took hold over the equatorial Pacific Ocean during the winter of 2020-2021, with the result being widespread below-average rainfall across the entirety of the state of California. It was the first below-average rainy season in the region since 2017-2018....
it was not enough to get that back to normal rainfall for this time of year.Parts of the Santa Clara Valley and inland East Bay communities are under abnormally dry conditions right now because of the rainfall deficiency.Across the entire state, it's easy to see that start ...
The combination of steep topography, highly erodible rock and soil, and wildfire, coupled with intense rainfall, can initiate PFDFs even in cases of relatively small storm rainfall totals. This study identifies common atmospheric conditions during which damaging PFDFs occur in the Transverse Ranges ...
As the summer heat builds over North America, a region of high pressure forms over the U.S. Southwest, and the wind becomes more southerly, bringing moisture from the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California. This circulation brings thunderstorms and rainfall to the monsoon region, providing mu...
"California has seen several extreme climate events so far this water year, including record rainfall in Southern California," said state climatologist Michael Anderson. "While this pushed statewide precipitation above average, the snowpack still has not caught up from th...
Southwest, and the wind becomes more southerly, bringing moisture from the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California. This circulation brings thunderstorms and rainfall to the monsoon region, providing much of their annual total precipitation.
gases causing tropical circulation changes and more water vapour in the atmosphere. Kossin says hurricanes are continuously bringing unprecedented rainfall totals and cites Hurricane Harvey as a “notable example of the relationship between regional rainfall amounts and t...
Most destructive wildfires in California Source:Cal Fire. Damage totals recorded as of Nov. 29, 2017. The fires can be deadlier, too. Eight of the 10 deadliest fires burned during the fall season. The wine country fires in October were the deadliest in state history. There were 44 recorded...
(PFDFs) that threaten life and property situated on alluvial fans. The combination of steep topography, highly erodible rock and soil, and wildfire, coupled with intense rainfall, can initiate PFDFs even in cases of relatively small storm rainfall totals. This study identifies common atmospheric ...