SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA December 1, 2022 If you see trees down that are NOT a threat to life or property, call 311 – If it's an emergency, call 911 Photo credit /68SODe78Zs “We really need those core months - December through February - to deliver storms, to have a shot at recovering from this drought.”īe careful while driving in the rain. McEvoy, who spoke Monday at a drought webinar sponsored by NOAA and other agencies, noted that typically the most snow and rain in Northern California falls in December, January and February. “So it is going to take well-above average rain and snow - not just a ho-hum normal year - or multiple wet years in a row to really get out of this drought in terms of a water-supply perspective.” We’ve dug ourselves a deep hole,” said Dan McEvoy, a research at the Western Regional Climate Center in Reno. To break the state’s drought, many more storms will be needed, experts said. ![]() We are hopeful we’ll get more this month.”įorecasters are eyeing the next storm system late Saturday into Sunday and another 1 to 3 feet of snow in the Sierra.īy Monday, much of Northern California should be close to or above historical rainfall averages for early December. It’s not drought-busting rainfall, but it is beneficial. ![]() This should help allay any fire concerns over the next few weeks or so. “We had a three-week period with no rain. “It’s definitely providing some short-term relief,” said Jeff Lorber, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service regional office in Monterey. A windy, winter storm packing heavy snow started moving into the Sierra Thursday, closing schools at Lake Tahoe, prompting a backcountry avalanche warning and snarling traffic on Interstate 80 west of Reno. Cars slowly make their way as heavy snow falls on the Mt. Ben Lomond in the Santa Cruz Mountains was drenched with 2.32 inches, Woodacre in Marin County saw 1.71 inches, Los Gatos 1.19 and Mining Ridge in Big Sur 2.36. Precipitation totals were higher closer to the coast. 74 inches, and Mineta San Jose International Airport had. 84 inches of rain, while downtown Oakland had 1.15, Richmond 1.08 and Concord. By mid-afternoon, after most of the storm had moved through, San Francisco had received.
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