Just a few atmospheric river events can provide California with one-third to one-half of their annual precipitation.
A rainbow shines above the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley in February, a month with strong storms thanks to atmospheric river weather systems. and a renewed interest in umbrellas and portable heaters.It’s common in a wet winter, though not a guarantee.Heavy snow falls on motorists in Northern California's Donner Pass in late February.
A measurement taken Thursday was the fifth-deepest recorded at Phillips station in the Sierra Nevada since the department started surveying the snow there in 1941, Orrock said.A cold and wet January contributed to an initialat the Phillips station that month — from 25 inches to 50 inches, or 18 inches of water when it melts.
And the storms haven’t let up since then. Another weather pattern is moving into Northern California this weekend. Satellite images show the Sierra Nevada, with more extensive snow cover and a greener landscape, at right.
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