California Snow & Rainfall 2016/2017 (San Diego, San Jose: vs, airport, pool)

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by Chimérique

Yeah, the Santa Cruz Mountains suck the moisture out, and get pounded by rain, leaving the Santa Clara Valley (San Jose) in a rain shadow...although it is still greener than most of SoCal.

A lot of that has to do with the soil type and the evapotransporation rate. LA actually gets two more inches of rain than San Jose but is less green. The Marin headlands get a lot of rain but are barren due to constant wind and very high evapotransporation and soild being blown away.

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

Had to chuckle at this. Most people consider Missouri to be in the Midwest yet in fact, only roughly the upper half is. The rest makes up 2/3 of the Ozarks which is/are full of microclimates. We live down in a holler on the shore of a large lake. It can be pouring down rain here and dry as a bone starting up the ridge a mile away, and visa-versa. Same with snow. Keeps ya guessing. This morning we received .95 inches of rain in an hour (great thunderstorm) yet the ridgeline was dry.

I didn't say anything about Missouri did I? The majority of people who move to CA from the Midwest are not coming from the Ozarks.

[Flovis]

Originally Posted by BeauCharles

Where does one find rainfall to date information? Every weather site just shows current and future conditions - can't seem to find one that lists the total rainfall total to date.

Http://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/awipsProducts/RNOWRKCLI.php


He gets his into from there.

[BeauCharles]

Thanks!

[Chimérique]

UPDATE NEW TOTALS - APRIL 18, 2017

Snowpack - Sierra Nevada Mountains - the Sierra's lie between two other mountain ranges, the Cascades and the Tehachapi's. That is, between Lassen Peak(Cascades) in the north, and Tehachapi Pass(Tehachapi's) in the south.

Northern Sierra - 179% of Normal - Lassen Peak south to North Lake Tahoe (Lassen Peak not counted as part of Sierra's)

Central Sierra - 194% of Normal - South Lake Tahoe, south to Yosemite

Southern Sierra - 177% of Normal - South of Yosemite to Tehachapi Pass(Tehachapi's not counted as part of the Sierra's)

WATER EQUIVALENT = 47.7 INCHES

*Often the National Weather Service counts Yosemite snowfall as Southern Sierra not Central Sierra, although if the Sierra's are divided in equal thirds, then Yosemite technically lies in the Central Sierra.

Northern Sierra - North Lake Tahoe

Central Sierra - South Lake Tahoe, Yosemite

Southern Sierra - Mammoth Lakes

[Flovis]

Totals just got updated



Http://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/awipsProducts/RNOWRKCLI.php

[JGC97]

Pretty impressive numbers, Chimérique. I sure hope we don't see any flooding when the snow pack starts to melt although I've heard news reports there may be.

[Chimérique]

Originally Posted by Gentoo

A lot of that has to do with the soil type and the evapotransporation rate. LA actually gets two more inches of rain than San Jose but is less green. The Marin headlands get a lot of rain but are barren due to constant wind and very high evapotransporation and soild being blown away.

Interesting, and SF is naturally pretty barren like the Marin Headlands. Ever see old photos of SF in it's infancy.

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by Chimérique

Interesting, and SF is naturally pretty barren like the Marin Headlands. Ever see old photos of SF in it's infancy.

Yeah I have. Again, it's that wind which, while chilly, dries out the soil and blows it away. You can see this in the East Bay hills. The western side of the Berkeley and North Oakland hills are mostly scrub with a few scattered trees. That is in areas where introduced Blue Gums aren't present. Go over those hills and the eastern slopes are lusher even having mosses and ferns growing. In Tilden Park there are even a few scattered Douglas Firs. Go south into Oakland and the breeze is less strong so even the western slopes become covered in trees and this remains until the rain shadow starts to take effect near San Leandro where the hills dry out and open up into grassland. From Fremont to San Jose, those hills are semi arid and rather barren and bare little resemblance to the Oakland/Berkeley hills at all. A similar situation occurs once you get north of Albany.

[DCMann2]

We're sitting at about 60" here on the Humboldt coast