Thursday Top of the Scroll: Northern California bracing for much-needed rain, snow
It’s looking likely December will bring a series of storms to Northern California, raising hopes for a wetter winter than last year. … The southern Cascades including Mount Shasta could see 10 to 30 inches of snow, while the Sierra Nevada range could see one to three feet…. The state is still looking to narrow the gap from the last dismal water year. The California Drought Monitor map updated Nov. 23 shows most of California in severe drought or worse, with a significant portion of most of the Central Valley and Southern California at exceptional drought….[Eric Kurth, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Sacramento,] said compared to last year, when the state had received around 16 inches of total precipitation by this time, this year is very behind — measuring at just 4.3 inches or half of normal precipitation as of Wednesday.
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