Will all the recent higher-elevation snow put a dent in California's long-term drought? wxjerdman takes a deeper dive:
Spring 2021 was so warm and dry that the Sierra snowpack melted two months earlier than usual in late May before the snowmelt could recharge the state's reservoirs.
and kicked off the current multi-year drought., Sierra snowpack already nearing spring levels and higher reservoir levels are both good news for the long-term drought. Longer-range models suggest a drier pattern may finally set in for a while by the final week of January. This would provide at least a break for the flood-weary state, but it's not clear how long it will last.calls for below-average precipitation in Southern California, but there are mixed signals on whether the first three months of 2023 will be wet or dry in Northern California.
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