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1-2-3 punch of storms could end drought

Posted by: Maven on December 5, 2009 at 7:43 am

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

“A series of wintry storms is bearing down on Northern California – and that may be the start of something big.

Heavy rain and snow forecast for next week look like the beginning of a big change in the current weather pattern and perhaps a signal that the end of California’s three-year-long drought is near.

The finale to the region’s long spell of mild late fall weather will come in three stages, said Dave Reynolds, chief meteorologist for the National Weather Service’s forecast office in Monterey.

The first is a weather front expected late Sunday that is forecast to bring rain to Northern California and “a fairly low snowfall,” down to 2,000 feet. The Weather Service forecast for early next week calls for chilly temperatures in the Bay Area with a chance of snow dusting the higher hills.

And that storm is only the curtain-raiser. … “

Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle by clicking here.

Check out the Accu-Weather’s Western Weather blog predictions about the coming storms by clicking here.

December 5, 2009 · Filed Under Drought, Weather & Snowpack

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