Wettest April on Record Hardly Touches California’s Extreme Drought Situation A colder and wetter than normal April and early May has improved snowpack in California since the end of March. Related: 8-Trillion Gallons of Precipitation Just Fell on California | Surely That’s Enough to End the Drought, Right? However, the snow nowhere near makes up for the record-breaking dry spell between January and March. The state is still in a drought, […] WeatherBrains | May 13, 2022 0 Comments
California to Enter 3rd Year of Drought as Snowpack Officially “Well Below Average” California’s Sierra snowpack has fallen “well below average” in the third official measurement of the season the Department of Water Resources reported yesterday. The snow survey was taken at Phillips Station west of Lake Tahoe. “With only one month left in California’s wet season and no major storms in the forecast, Californians should plan for a third year of drought conditions. […] SnowBrains | March 2, 2022 0 Comments
Western US Facing Worst Drought for 1,200-Years The US is experiencing one of the driest winters yet, as the megadrought continues. It’s been over a month since the West has seen a significant snowstorm. It’s been one of the driest years on record, with snow covering just 27% of the US. It’s the driest it’s been in 1,200 years. Related: NOAA: Even Small Additional Increases in Greenhouse […] Aunika Skogen | February 16, 2022 2 Comments
Truckee, CA, Currently Experiencing Longest Winter Dry Spell Since 1990 Truckee, CA, is currently experiencing its most prolonged consecutive days without measurable precipitation during meteorological winter since 1990, reports The Sierra Sun. As of today, it has been 34-days. Related: SnowBrains Forecast: Looking Ahead – Where’s the Snow? The old record may be beaten with no precipitation in the forecast for at least the next couple of weeks. “It looks like […] SnowBrains | February 11, 2022 0 Comments
8-Trillion Gallons of Precipitation Just Fell on California | Surely That’s Enough to End the Drought, Right? 8-trillion gallons. That’s the amount of liquid that fell on California in the space of a few days earlier this week. Many areas broke long-standing rainfall records. Sacramento airport saw 82% of last year’s total rainfall. Through this morning, the unprecedented bomb-cyclone and atmospheric river have dropped well over 8-Trillion gallons of precipitation (liquid water) on state of California. The climate-fueled […] SnowBrains | October 28, 2021 5 Comments
‘Drought Emergency’ Declared for Entire State of California Proclamation authorizes State Water Board to ban wasteful water uses, boosting conservation efforts. Following the second driest year on record and with near-record low storage in California’s largest reservoirs, Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday issued a proclamation extending the drought emergency statewide. He also further urged Californians to step up their water conservation efforts as the western U.S. faces a potential […] SnowBrains | October 21, 2021 5 Comments
NOAA: Even Small Additional Increases in Greenhouse Gases Will Make Decades-Long “Megadroughts” More Common This post first appeared on climate.gov and was written by Michon Scott and Rebecca Lindsey At the dawn of the 21st century, drought descended on southwestern North America. Two decades later, the drought continues. Recent NOAA-funded research found that even small additional increases in greenhouse gas emissions will make such decades-long “megadroughts” more common. But limiting greenhouse gas emissions will […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 28, 2021 0 Comments
Giant Sequoias Unharmed in California Wildfire For nearly two weeks, a fire has ravaged across the western side of California Sierra Nevada, known as the KNP Complex. Despite burning through California’s Sequoia National Park, there hasn’t been observed damage to any of the 2,000 sequoias in the park, including the largest, most well-known sequoia trees of the bunch. The fire, which was started by lightning strikes, […] Brains Breya Bergom | September 21, 2021 0 Comments
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