It's not the huge amount of rain that California has had in early February, but the rain we had in our first weekend of the month has helped improve lake levels - some. You can see the numbers below, but Cheney is still only 69% full (compared to conservation pool) and El Dorado is back up to 88% full. There's still plenty of room for more water in area lakes to say the least.
Our second drought map in February shows improvement too:
Another round of winter weather should hit Saturday night/Sunday, but this is not going to be a major blizzard, nor will it be the biggest winter storm we've had this year. We've been watching the track of this system, which initially was over Kansas, then it was south of us, and now it has trended back over our area. The back-and-forth on the computer models has happened several times this winter, so we anticipated more snow would likely be coming this way.
This is how February has started:
And where we are going next:
There's still plenty more winter left as you look at the 32-day snowfall forecast for the country. Interesting how far south it depicts snow accumulation, but absolutely fitting with the active southern branch of the jet stream.
We are less than 2 months from the Great American Solar Eclipse - April 8, 2024:
Of course, we don't know just how cloudy the sky will be when this celestial event takes place, but here's a map showcasing "average" cloud cover on April 8. Every year is different, we know that, but for planning purposes, it might be safer to choose a spot on the southern end of the track. Based on climatology, you are more likely to encounter overcast conditions the farther north that you go.
And even more interesting (courtesy of NASA), with an El Nino influence on the overall pattern, there tends to be less cloud cover in April for the southern part of the country. Areas farther north don't see much change on overall cloudiness due to El Nino, but all it takes is one good storm system to spoil it all.
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