Tuesday Top of the Scroll: California, Northwest drought relief ahead from Pacific atmospheric river pattern, but also a debris flow threat
A parade of Pacific storm systems will bring soaking rain and some mountain snow to drought-stricken California and the West Coast beginning this week, but could also trigger dangerous debris flows over recent areas burned by wildfires. Last weekend, a weak Pacific frontal system ended a record-long dry streak in Sacramento, and shut down Interstate 80 for a time due to snow and wrecks in the Sierra. It was a sample of what’s ahead.
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