Wet March may be on tap for California
By Tim Hearden, Capital Press
SACRAMENTO — After a fierce mid-February storm system kept most areas near or above their normal seasonal rainfall totals, Northern California could be in for a wet March.
A weak system coming down from Canada this weekend could provide some mountain rain while helping to break down the high-pressure ridge over the region, setting up a possible barrage of storms from the Pacific, National Weather Service meteorologist Eric Kurth said.
“The ridge does seem to be breaking down to where we might be seeing some systems in early March,” Kurth said. “The very long-range models are showing a shift to a wetter pattern in early March. … There do seem to be some hints in that directions.”
AccuWeather’s long-range forecast goes as far as to predict as many as 23 days of rain in Redding in March, punctuated by some thunderstorms, with high temperatures in the 50s and low 60s.
Thanks for posting the link. The reservoir data at the end was confidence inspiring.
A possible wet March? That would be great! Glad to hear the lake level and some of the resevoirs have come up a bit.
C’mon all you old rockers, remember the great group, Traffic? Howsabout we all sing along to the song
“Rain Maker”? OLS
If you overlay the Accuweather long-range forecast on itself every day, you will find that they predict clear weather on 100% of the days, precipitation on 95% of the days, and the high temperature varies by an average of 10 degrees. I’m not too inclined to trust their long-range forecasting.
It’s still too early to tell, but hopefully we’ll be able to make up some of the water deficit we’ve built up the last three years. In the mean time, conserve, conserve, conserve! It’s all we can do!
Ols, traffic, an old time favorite forsure…rain maker, rain maker…think ill go put that on the stereo right now….
Umm, I think this is the same article I saw in January about a possible wet February.
How about “I Wish it Would Rain” Temptations?