Winter to bring no promise of rainfall, snow
By Eyragon Eidam, Auburn Journal
Weather experts have little confidence the winter months will bring the rain and snow needed to improve drought conditions in California.
According to a National Weather Service Seasonal Drought Outlook report, the “forecast confidence for California is low,” despite the potential of an El Nino winter.
Typically, California receives approximately 50 percent of its annual precipitation between November and January, but forecasters are not banking on a drought-ending winter.
Doug Parker, director of the UC Institute for Water Resources, said the state would need approximately 150 percent of normal rainfall to pull out of the state’s current drought conditions.