enigma99 Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 First 80s of 2014 at my house today. With the hot temps, more people are watering and adding further strain to the water table. This is going to be a long Summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma99 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Getting cooler, but no rain. Only a slight chance of rain one 1 day in the 10 day forecast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma99 Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) http://www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/snow/snowplot.cgi?CXSC1 Last storm helped a lot, but we're only 29% of average. Edited January 31, 2014 by enigma99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauna Kea Cloudforest Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Looks like the first major Pineapple Express storm is lining up to hit Norcal this weekend. Could be some major mudslides unless tomorrow's storm can drop enough rain to properly wet the ground. So there is hope for some easing of the drought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trioderob Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 (edited) AXEL- heard your town got the worst of the drought with mandatory "no watering" rules now law. heard they handed out almost 900 tickets already comments ? Edited February 5, 2014 by trioderob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauna Kea Cloudforest Posted February 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 AXEL- heard your town got the worst of the drought with mandatory "no watering" rules now law. heard they handed out almost 900 tickets already comments ? Stage one water restrictions have been in place since last Summer. It's not as horrible as you make it out to be. I have buckets in the shower to collect water. We reuse water from the sink as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trioderob Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 thats smart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma99 Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) thats smart Nice Mr. T avatar... Quit yo jibba jabba. I pity the fool who doesn't save his water Anyway, we need at least 2-3 inches, because it is going to start warming up next week... Edited February 6, 2014 by enigma99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma99 Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) We might get up to 8 feet of snow in some areas of the mountains which is awesome news. Because according to these charts, 76-77 was better. Depending on how much snow we get in the second half of Feb and March, we might actually still have a chance to get close to normal by Apr 1. Edited February 6, 2014 by enigma99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trioderob Posted February 7, 2014 Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 rain - rain - rain I pity the fool who thinks we aint getting no rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyranch Posted February 7, 2014 Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 A full week of rain here in the foothills when finished by Tuesday. Snow transitioning to rain at high elevations with this warm system. It's a good start though. Here's the rest of the story: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma99 Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 That NOAA graphic is a little misleading. Considering some areas were like 160% of normal for 2010-2011. But what made this even worse is letting out more water than was needed last year from the reservoirs. LA reservoirs are about 100% and have water for two years while norcal is empty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauna Kea Cloudforest Posted February 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 I've just spent the last few days re-routing thousands of gallons of roof run off and temporary Spring water all over the property to try to saturate the soil. Even after 6 inches of rain, the soil is bone dry about a foot down. This rain storm didn't even make a dent into the drought. But the water re-routing has been well worth it, lots of palms have saturated soil now. It's been exhausting to run sump pumps and carry buckets all over the garden! It was so wet I had to wear a wetsuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauna Kea Cloudforest Posted February 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 More drought on the way. LOOKING OUT THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH, DRIER AND WARMER WEATHER IS A NEAR CERTAIN BET AS THE 500 MB RIDGE ALONG THE COAST REBUILDS AND GOES BACK TO AROUND 3 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL. IN FACT, DURING THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY WE WILL LIKELY BE TALKING MORE ABOUT POTENTIAL RECORD HIGHS AND FIRE WEATHER ISSUES -- SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW A FEW WEEKS AGO. LESS THAN 25% OF THE GEFS BRING A TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN FOR ANY 24 HOUR PERIOD TO SFO FOR THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY INTO THE FIRST PART OF MARCH AND IF THE EXPECTED 500 MB PATTERN VERIFIES, EVEN THAT LOW NUMBER IS VERY OPTIMISTIC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma99 Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 More drought on the way. LOOKING OUT THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH, DRIER AND WARMER WEATHER IS A NEAR CERTAIN BET AS THE 500 MB RIDGE ALONG THE COAST REBUILDS AND GOES BACK TO AROUND 3 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL. IN FACT, DURING THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY WE WILL LIKELY BE TALKING MORE ABOUT POTENTIAL RECORD HIGHS AND FIRE WEATHER ISSUES -- SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW A FEW WEEKS AGO. LESS THAN 25% OF THE GEFS BRING A TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN FOR ANY 24 HOUR PERIOD TO SFO FOR THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY INTO THE FIRST PART OF MARCH AND IF THE EXPECTED 500 MB PATTERN VERIFIES, EVEN THAT LOW NUMBER IS VERY OPTIMISTIC. Yep, we're officially screwed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEFF IN MODESTO Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 In Modesto, we've had exactly 3 inches of rain since last July. Lately we've been in the 70's with lows in the 50's and trees are leafing out. Yup... I think we are screwed. But I enjoy the way above normal temps! Modesto, CA USDA 9b July/August average 95f/63f Dec/Jan average 55f/39f Average lowest winter temp 27f Record low temp 18f Record high temp 113f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastGal Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Woke up to a wet courtyard this past Thursday, and tonight around 10 it started to sprinkle. Got a decent downpour (radar showing yellows and oranges) passing over us. Kind of brief but nice to hear on the roof. Have had a few foggy nights/early mornings as well. I really am missing our normal weather pattern. The front lawn is looking greener. It looks like we've lost a Ilex sky pencil to the December freezing weather which was surprising (suppose to be a zone 6 to 9 shrub and we never went below 9a). South bay hasn't had anywhere near the amount of rain north of San Francisco has received this month but even a little bit makes things look better. The eastern ranges are still looking dry. Usually they'd be a nice green by now. Our C humilis is back in bloom and the one spathe on our mule finally opened. Decidous trees in our area have been budding, the tulip magnolias have flowered and are getting their green leaves. I'm still hopefull that we'll get more rain this month and next. Zone 9b (formerly listed as Zone 9a); Sunset 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastGal Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Clear and sunny today. Ground wet but Wunderground isn't showing anything else coming our way until end of month when hopefully we'll get three days of rain on the weekend. Fog in the evening and morning would be nice at least.... Zone 9b (formerly listed as Zone 9a); Sunset 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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