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ailsagirl

(22,885 posts) Fri Jan 1, 2016, 01:05 PM Jan 2016

Very encouraging news on the drought front

http://news.yahoo.com/regulators-california-snowpack-deepens-amid-long-drought-105648436.html

That's a whopping percentage!!

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Very encouraging news on the drought front (Original Post) ailsagirl Jan 2016 OP

Thank you El Nino. Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #1

Fingers crossed beltanefauve Jan 2016 #2

Mine too!! ailsagirl Jan 2016 #3

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)

1. Thank you El Nino.

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Fri Jan 1, 2016, 01:27 PM

Jan 2016

The drought will return in a year or two.

beltanefauve

(1,784 posts)

2. Fingers crossed

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Fri Jan 1, 2016, 02:13 PM

Jan 2016

We haven't seen much rain yet in Solano County this December. I lived on the Peninsula during the 1997 El Nino and we got very consistent rain from November through March, which took until June to completely clear out. So far, this season and that one bear little resemblence.

ailsagirl

(22,885 posts)

3. Mine too!!

Reply to beltanefauve (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 1, 2016, 08:49 PM

Jan 2016

I was surprised, really, that we have amassed so far 136% of normal snowfall, with more to come. It's interesting to note that last December, we had received 30 inches of rain, then, in January 2015, we didn't get ONE DROP!!

We should find out pretty soon where we're headed.

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