Prediction of wet winter waning
By Steve Scauzillo, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Not too long ago in this season of California’s massive and extended drought, climate experts saw a small glimmer of hope on the horizon: Predictions for a wet El Niño season coming in the winter that would bring badly needed rain and relief to a parched state.
Now that glimmer is fading fast, and the drought has gotten even worse.
A minimal amount of snow remains on Mount Tallac. Photo/LTN
One hundred percent of California is in a severe drought, 77 percent is in an extreme drought and 33 percent is in an exceptional drought, according to a report released last week by the National Drought Mitigation Center in Lincoln, Neb.
“Those are remarkable numbers,” said Mark Svoboda, a climatologist and the center’s monitoring program leader.
The drought monitoring team in Lincoln has never seen an exceptional drought since it started keeping detailed data in 1999. The D4 category — a foreboding maroon color on a California drought map — extends from Sacramento and the Bay Area through the Central Valley, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
fight the drought, now in its third year, Svoboda said.
Predictions for a much-anticipated wet 2014-15 winter are waning.
No doubt Global Warming at work here…
The drought monitoring team in Lincoln has never seen an exceptional drought since it started keeping detailed data in 1999.
Whoa. 15 years. “Those are remarkable numbers.” Earth shattering.
15 years of record keeping; the debate is over.
Off topic but important:Scary fire season this year, we need to do all we can to inform the visitors and locals to be viligent. Aug and Sept are going to be especially dangerous. Similiar to summer of 77′ and late 80’s early 90’s.
Use common sense and pray.
AB Dogula, blah blah blahgula…..the only thing settled is that you are always wrong. Nice to be able to count on some things.
I do kind of agree that this statement on a 15yr history should have been left out of this article. Useless data to depend upon. 15 yrs ha. I am sure they could have found something else to use, makes the article questionable(or the reporter for not doing enough research)
How can I be wrong? I quoted the article. 15 years. You only show how closed-minded YOU are. If my name is on the post, it MUST be wrong! You guys are funny.