Is the drought any better in CA ? What are the forecasts ?

[steve2470]

I've heard about the el Nino coming. Thanks. All the best to you CA folks!

to Zappaman for this link: http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2015/09/10/el-nino-california-drought/72017258/

[KamaAina]

1. Not yet. The rainy season doesn't start until next month.

We were broiling in the 90s all week, unheard-of along the coast.

[Galileo126]

2. Still waiting for the "rainy season"

Which is practically non-existent Steve-o. We might get a few drops on Mon-Tues, but I'm not holding my breath for the El Nino forecast re: the winter season.

[steve2470]

3. I hope you get nice gentle rain all winter

As you know, the really heavy rain mostly runs off into the creeks and rivers, then out to the ocean eventually unless it gets caught in a lake.

[Mr.Bill]

7. But heavy rain makes heavy snowfall

in the higher elevations, which is where California "stores" much of it's water until spring.

Heavy rainfall does cause other problems in the lower elevations, such as mudslides. Especially in areas that have burned. And there's no shortage of burned areas this year.

So heavy rain has it plusses and minuses.

[PasadenaTrudy]

4. Hot until middle of Nov.

In the 100s last week. Hoping for rain in Jan/Feb.

[msongs]

5. so cal is expecting up to an inch of rain tues and weds....gentle type rain, not storms nt

[mrdmk]

6. There is a fifty fifty (yes, no, maybe) chance. So make it of what you want...

Some weather experts are predicting heavy rainfall this year in California, thanks to an El Niño that many hope will put an end to the historic drought.

“This is the Godzilla EL Niño if it matures and comes to fruition,” Bill Patzert, a climatologist with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, told NBC News last week.

A recent statement released by California’s state climatologist Michael Anderson sings a different tune.

“California cannot count on potential El Niño conditions to halt or reverse drought conditions,” he wrote. “Historical weather data shows us that at best, there is a 50/50 chance of having a wetter winter.”

So just how likely is it that this year’s El Niño will put an end to the drought?

Not very likely, experts told NBC Bay Area.

link: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/El-Nino-Unlikely-to-Solve-California-Drought-322346722.html

note: There is a video at the link

[ailsagirl]

8. Right neighborly of you, steve2470

It's all uncertain. It's hell not knowing but I'm trying not to panic and keep a good thought.
There's really no alternative. Fingers crossed!!

[Lordquinton]

9. Even if the best case el nino happens

We're still a long way from the drought ending. And even if we get record snow the earth is warmer than it used to be and the snowpack will melt faster.

Thank you for the kind words, optimism is in short supply.