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Category: Drought
U.S. EIA: “Record Precipitation, Snowpack in California”
Guest post by David Middleton MARCH 22, 2017 Record precipitation, snowpack in California expected to increase hydro generation in 2017 For the first time since 2011, California’s drought is significantly…
California Snowpack 185% of normal, another big snow on the way
From the “California is in a permanent drought due to climate change – because we said so” department comes this good news from NASA, CA DWR, and NOAA From NASA:…
A likely to be wrong claim: "Colorado River flows will keep shrinking as climate warms"
From the UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA and the department of “we are in permanent drought in California… oh, wait” comes this claim that is surely little more than another modeling fantasy from…
Lessons learned from the end of California’s “permanent drought”
By Larry Kummer. Posted at the Fabius Maximus website. Summary: The “permanent drought” in California, like the now ended “permanent drought” in Texas, is ending. But like the panic about…
Friday Funny: In California, 'children just aren't going to know what drought is'
Long-time WUWT readers will recognize the title as being a spoof on the infamous line about snow uttered by Dr. David Viner of the University of East Anglia some years…
Newly created for the climate lexicon: 'flash droughts'
From the NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH/UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH comes this twist of the long used “flash flood” term used to describe a weather event. The definition of flash…
Claim: 'Megadrought risks in Southwest soar as atmosphere warms' based on model, ignores records
From Cornell University and the CMIP modeling jockeys comes this claim: ITHACA, N.Y. – As a consequence of a warming Earth, the risk of a megadrought – one that lasts more…
Is NOAA adjusting data to make droughts look worse than they are?
Guest essay by Michael Hove [Please note, new update at the end] In the Spring of 2016, I was updating a North Dakota water resource presentation, which contained a Palmer…
Claim: 'greenhouse gases could extend California drought for centuries'
From the UCLA Newsroom: Pacific Ocean’s response to greenhouse gases could extend California drought for centuries Warming forces have caused millennia of dryness in California’s prehistory, and greenhouses gases could…
California's drought tolerant landscaping may make heat waves worse
From USC and the evapotranspiration cools locally department: Hidden, local climate impacts of drought-friendly vegetation New research by USC Viterbi researchers explores the climate impact of drought vegetation efforts To…
New research shows that California's Sierra Nevada snowpack will likely not recover from the current drought until 2019
By Lauren Lipuma, Contributing Writer, EOS The unprecedented drought that has gripped the Southwest United States has severely depleted the Sierra Nevada snowpack, the major source of water for drinking and…
Study: Worsening drought from climate change may be 'considerably weaker and less extensive than previously thought'
A new publication in Nature Climate Change puts the brakes on predictions that global warming/climate change may produce continental scale droughts into the late 21st century. For example, NCAR said…
Forecast: La Niña to replace El Niño conditions in the fall of 2016 – dry winter for California expected
This summer there will be lots of fun and rejoicing on California lakes and reservoirs, many of which are now nearly full thanks to a strong El Niño in the…
Another Diffenbaugh Claim: California drought patterns becoming more common
Noah Diffenbaugh of Stanford is a well-known source of papers claiming alarming things about weather and climate. He churns out a paper about 2-3 times a year, with the typical…
Is the 2015/16 El Niño an El Niño Modoki?
AND Is that the Reason Why This El Niño is Not Suppressing the California Drought as Expected? Guest Post by Bob Tisdale El Niño events come in different flavors, and…
@NCAR claims: U.S. Southwest sliding into a drier climate, and it's all your fault
Weather patterns that bring moisture are becoming less frequent From the NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH/UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH and the “there’s no natural variation component anymore” department comes…
California's governor Brown should read this paper about drought – maybe it will get his mind off the bullet train to nowhere and onto reservoirs
Severe drought no longer caused just by nature UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Scientists at the University of Birmingham are calling on drought researchers and managers around the world to consider both…
Drought buster? Up to 10 feet of snow this week for California's Sierra Nevada
Here is some good news for drought-stricken California; the latest forecast model output from WeatherBell suggests that the Sierra Nevada snow-pack will get a fresh dump of up to 10…
El Niño events and drought linked
Current SST: From the THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA: UM researchers document global connections between El Nino events and drought MISSOULA – A team of researchers recently discovered that global climate change…
Europe hit by one of the worst droughts since 2003
From the EUROPEAN COMMISSION JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE Much of the European continent has been affected by severe drought in June and July 2015, one of the worst since the drought and…
Ridiculous claim from Columbia University: 'Warming climate is deepening California drought '
From the THE EARTH INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY and the department of “intense droughts only occur in the age of the SUV” department, where they apparently failed to take the…
A Tale of Two Extremes: Rainfall Across the US
From NASA Goddard: The United States has seen a tale of two extremes this year, with drenching rains in the eastern half of the country and persistent drought in the…
1934, 2015 – A Tale of Two Februaries
In New England, we could be chanting “We’re almost #1” except we’re exhausted from February.
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