A Very Moist California

Currently, there is no drought in California.  Zero.

The water outlook is very positive for the upcoming year across the Golden State, which this year will be the Green State.

California has massive reservoirs with multi-year storage capacity, unlike Washington State, which has not invested in sufficient storage capacity.  

Currently, ALL the California reservoirs are at above-normal levels, some at much above normal levels.

Soil moisture is well above normal (green colors)

California rivers?   Flowing at far above normal levels.  Some at record levels.

As you can imagine, this moist bounty is associated with higher than normal precipitation this fall, as illustrated by the percent of average precipitation for the water year so far (starting on October 1).

Some locations have received over 400% of normal precipitation.  Wow.

Snowpack has been building up rapidly during the past months and is now about 100% of normal for the central and southern Sierra Nevada.   But less than normal (around 50%) in the northern part of the state.

No problem...the reservoirs have stored the water that fell as rain versus snow in the northern sections, and more snow is on the way.

Looking forward, the situation only gets better.

Lots of rain is forecast through the middle of the month (see below)

And bountiful snow is predicted for central and northern California during this period...just what is needed to get snow water to average levels.

You would think the media and climate pundits would be happy with this water bounty.

But no, many outlets can not give up on the climate change impacts angle and are now pushing the "weather whiplash"  and "hygrometeorological whiplash" angles (see sample below). 

Some folks are never happy.

Announcement

I will hold a special online Zoom session at 10 AM on Saturday for Patreon supporters.  Will answer questions and talk in detail about the outlook for the remainder of the winter, and perhaps some controversial topics.