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Can someone explain how in a non El-Nino year California is seeing such record amounts of rain? I thought that such rainfall was only possible in El Nino years. Also, what's the impact next winter, as they say El Nino is building again? I suspect California will be walloped next winter again?
Also, can someone explain how the transition from this extremely rainy period to the summer will setup? When will this occur, will it occur later than this year? (i.e. June instead of May?) I know that the Pacific High has to build but I just don't see how that's even possible this year.
Also, can someone explain how the transition from this extremely rainy period to the summer will setup? When will this occur, will it occur later than this year? (i.e. June instead of May?) I know that the Pacific High has to build but I just don't see how that's even possible this year.
The Pacific High builds from temperature changes over the ocean vs land. It will happen with the seasons. Checking previous wet winters, it looks like there's a higher chance of a wet spring, but not guaranteed.
The Pacific High builds from temperature changes over the ocean vs land. It will happen with the seasons. Checking previous wet winters, it looks like there's a higher chance of a wet spring, but not guaranteed.
I've never lived where you could get "snowed in" where the windows are covered in snow and only the door is accessible like in some of those photos. I have a couple of questions:
1. Would it get claustrophic in a room where outside your window is just a wall of snow?
2. Would the heating bill for your house be higher if you had a wall of snow outside the window instead of the sun/air? Could your heater even keep up because the transfer of heat from the warm house to the ice would occur via the window. Water can absorb a lot more heat than air so I imagine the snow just serves as a heat sink for the entire house?
Now that we're in June I'll ask... how has the snow melt affected California? Are there major waterfalls? Reservoirs filling up?
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