When will the rain end!

[KC6ZLV]

Originally Posted by tstieber

That's what I figured. It's a shame most of the people live in the wet areas, isn't it?

Do you think that it may have something to do with those areas being the original settlements in this country?

[tstieber]

Originally Posted by KC6ZLV

Do you think that it may have something to do with those areas being the original settlements in this country?

I totally get your sarcasm, but it doesn't actually relate to my comment about it merely being a shame that people tend to live in the wet parts of the country. As for your hypothesis, though, I think that's only a small part of the equation. If you consider that the dry states have been part of the country for more than 160 years, there's no reason they should still be so sparsely populated based primarily on the rest of the country being original settlements. There is certainly some sprawl in the dry states, but it's fewer and farther betwen. I think it has to do in small part with the original settlements, but also with conservationism (large national parks and protected land in the western states) as well as the fact that areas that don't have natural harbors, ports, or rivers, which makes shipping impossible, and little rainfall for natural crop irrigation, require more substantial infrastructural investments than areas that have an abundance of natural resources.

[BayAreaHillbilly]

Originally Posted by wburg

I think we can rule out a "Year Without Summer" at this point. 100+ degree heat all week!

We'll see. After the warm days over the past week, a long wave trough is now setting up. Now there are hints of a closed low, possibly causing precip in NorCal.

[tstieber]

Originally Posted by BayAreaHillbilly

We'll see. After the warm days over the past week, a long wave trough is now setting up. Now there are hints of a closed low, possibly causing precip in NorCal.

I don't see any precip chances on the forecast models at all? 10 Day Weather Forecast for Sacramento - weather.com

o% rain chance, sunny every day, but with below normal temps early this week, and then back to 90s a week from Monday. I've seen this every summer, we just get oscillations of mild/warm and hot days taking turns, but no major weather pattern shifts. it's just a result of increased marine layer bringing more delta breezes into Sac.

Even Redding in far NorCal has 0% rain chances.

[Bulldogdad]

Chance for rain in the mountains of North and Central California. Saw it this morning. By Wed.

[KC6ZLV]

These systems normally don't generate precipitation in the low elevations during the summer unless they have some moisture or they are cold enough to support convection. Rain in the mountains during the summer isn't unusual, though amounts are generally light except for those areas that receive a good thunderstorm.

Mid and upper 80s temperatures are normal for Sacramento during the summer. Sometimes it will go down into the 70s. As these systems move toward the coast they often push marine strata into the Sacramento Valley. Sometimes as far as Red Bluff. This one is strong enough (and cold enough) to prohibit an inversion over the water, so no stratus.