Friday Top of the Scroll: Active, wetter and cooler pattern to return to California during late March
… While the winter season may be drawing to a close, it looks like California and the broader West will see at least one more 7-10+ day period of winter-like conditions beginning this weekend. A series of 3-5 weak to moderate storms will affect California in the next 10-14 days, bringing widespread precipitation (especially NorCal) and cooler temperatures. These appear to be fairly decent snow-accumulating storms for the Sierra–no epic blizzards, but the highest elevations could accumulate several additional feet over 10+ days and there will likely be at least some accumulation to much lower elevations at times. Widespread light to moderate rainfall is likely throughout northern CA at lower elevations, and locally into SoCal as well.
Related articles:
- Colorado Public Radio: Recent storms have pushed Colorado’s snowpack above ‘normal,’ but crucial water reservoirs are lagging behind last year
- Newsweek: How California’s largest reservoir could change after next storm
- Sacramento Bee: Sacramento temps are about to plummet as rain moves into region. How much will we get?
- ABC 7 – Los Angeles: NOAA spring outlook: What will new season bring to California? Here are the predictions
- San Francisco Chronicle: Rain and snow arrives in Northern California today
- Orange County Register: Southern California storm this weekend to feel like ‘cold winter day’