If there ’s one matter we ’ve come to expect from El Niño , it ’s that we should expect passably much anything . After adry , live Februaryconvinced everyone thatEl Niño had left the building — orditched California whole — a new set of storm have provide a intimation of great crocked hope .
This is hail presently to a West Coast near you :
3 - solar day loop of atmospheric moisture Weekend ’s moisture water faucet stretch back to the Philippines!@UWCIMSS#cawx#ElNinopic.twitter.com / vU0LG35EBs
— NWS California - Nevada RFC ( @NWSCNRFC)March 4 , 2016
What are we seem at here ?
This is one of those infamous “ atmospheric rivers , ” jets of wet - charged aura from the subtropical Pacific Ocean . These are the storms that are responsible for recharging our reservoirs and building up our snowpack . And there are probable multiple ones head our way over the next two week , hence the “ Miracle March ” on pat .
Which means a shit - ton of snowfall .
Ridiculous numbers : More than 100 column inch of snow is possible in the California Sierra over the next 10 days.#ElNinopic.twitter.com / Fis4OsOyFA
— Eric Holthaus ( @EricHolthaus)March 2 , 2016
And rain !
undue rainfall Sat / Sun for West , potential high impact event for down in the mouth MS Valley – continue safe!#flashfloodingpic.twitter.com / CgHbuE92jQ
— NWS Weather Prediction Center ( @NWSWPC)March 4 , 2016
And other hooey !
BIG breakers & potential coastal flood government issue Mon - Tue . seaward wave superlative to 25 ft on fashion model data.#LArain#cawxpic.twitter.com / PCf8GrsCNG
— NWS Los Angeles ( @NWSLosAngeles)March 4 , 2016
Besides the fact that these tempest could be potentially destructive — stay safe out there , kids — there is also some unsound news .
Those same atmospherical river which bring allllllll the moisture can also be full of very lovesome breeze since they are , after all , coming from the extra - ardent El Niño - fied tropical water of the Pacific . Anew written report by NASA , plus Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Earth System Research Laboratory record that atmospherical rivers might increase the hazard of a phenomenon bid “ rain - on - snow , ” which is pretty much what you ’d expect : rain falling on top of snowpack , which would accelerate the melting of the snowpack . This , of course , happens normally later in the spring , but if it bechance now , it would not be dear . However , if the violent storm is accompany by colder temp — and the difference of a few degrees could make all the difference — the moisture would fall snow - on - Charles Percy Snow , advance thesnowpack back to normal .
So , countenance ’s desire that El Niño ’s concluding hooray is both wet and cold .
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