California Rainfall Is Nothing To Get Too Excited About
"An unusual thing happened across California this week -- it rained.
But while heavy downpours pounded across the San Francisco Bay Area and brought about an inch of rain on Thursday, water and climate experts warned that the wet week doesn't promise much relief as the state endures its fourth year of drought.
"The recent rains are nice, but so far are not much," UC Davis professor and Center for Watershed Sciences Director Jay Lund told The Huffington Post. "We are now at 62 percent of normal precipitation for this early time in the wet season. Better than last year, but only 62 percent of average."
Mark Svoboda, a climatologist at the National Drought Mitigation Center, agreed, describing the downpours as having "not much of an effect at all" and suggesting that average rainfall isn't going to cut it this deep into the drought. "This winter will need to be much above the norm to make any headway against the drought," he told HuffPost.
Currently more than half of California is in a state of "exceptional drought," the most severe level of dryness as measured by the U.S. Drought Monitor"
I'm excited to read that California is getting some rain! Living in a state that is suffering from extreme drought must be a daily challenge. There are so many restrictions when it comes to consuming water, as well as using it for leisure and business. Hopefully, this rainfall continues at a pace that removes California from this drought sooner than later!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/21/california-rain-drought_n_6201744.html?utm_hp_ref=extreme-weather
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