From the Cliff Mass Weather Blog
Cliff Mass
There is a deep connection between meteorology and religion, and there are times when one wonders about divine intervention in our weather.
This is such a time.
Last year brought low snowpack for most of the West.
Some were worried about water shortages and poor crops.
But well-timed rain and substantial reservoir storage saved the day, with agriculture doing well and sufficient water available for human consumption.
Divine intervention?
This fall started out relatively dry, and some folks were worried, including a certain local newspaper.
But again, higher powers intervened. During the past 72 hours, there have been substantial amounts of precipitation over the region (see below)
A potent atmospheric river was the cause of our wet bounty (see below).
Local reservoirs are refilling, including some low ones on the Olympic Peninsula (such as Wynoochee Lake below)
Other regions have been in need, and divine intervention has been and will be evident.
For example, California, the source of many of our fruits and vegetables.
Well-timed rainfall last year filled the reservoirs, but snowpack was low. As a result, some of the big reservoirs are now below normal, such as Shasta and Oroville (see below).
Fortunately, the current forecasts promise significant intervention, with massive amounts of precipitation over the Golden State during the next ten days (see below). Remarkable.
This wet bounty includes LOTS of snow in the Rockies and over the drainage of the Colorado River (see below). A miracle.
Not getting religion yet? What about British Columbia, which has suffered from a lack of precipitation this fall?
Vancouver’s reservoirs are quite low.
Fortunately, impressive amounts of precipitation are forecast for southwestern BC through next Monday morning
The water situation is rapidly improving on the West Coast. The forecasts are highly promising.
There is only one thing to say about it:
