The wet spring weather follows an exceptionally dry winter that leaves California to face another year of drought and tightening water supplies.
The welcome precipitation could help slow the start of the fire season, but won’t do anything to alleviate the state’s drought, said Matt Mehle with the weather service office in San Francisco.
“What this rain is doing is bringing moisture and allowing grasses and finer fuels to grow and green up,” Mehle told the The Sierra Nevada snowpack, a key part of the water supply, was just 30% of the April 1 average, the date when it historically is at its peak, the California Department of Water Resources said earlier this month.
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