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2022-12-07 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Major Winter Storm Expected for Sierras this weekend

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Posted by Lord Garth 2022-12-07 09:26|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Now Met Office warns brutal -10C Arctic freeze will last at LEAST A WEEK: Major incident declared with thousands unable to cook or heat homes, emergency plan triggered in London and elderly urged to bunker down

Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-07 11:07|| 2022-12-07 11:07|| Front Page Top

#2 December serving up baked Alaska and warming most of Arctic

Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-07 11:09|| 2022-12-07 11:09|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm looking at the backside of the Taho Sierras as I type, all that white stuff will keep my well off the Carson River sink just fine next summer. Wind gusts along the valley floor can get sporty, are not uncommon up to 60 mph and do make for occasional Generac Appreciation Days

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-12-07 12:57|| 2022-12-07 12:57|| Front Page Top

#4 #2 I'll take that bet Skidmark. Farmers' Almanac and current snowfalls point to something entirely different. I'll take the Almanac over UKDM every frikkin' day.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2022-12-07 13:54|| 2022-12-07 13:54|| Front Page Top

#5 But...but...Newsom says we're still in a drought.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-12-07 14:00|| 2022-12-07 14:00|| Front Page Top

#6 And the drought, of course, is due to global warming so we all have to give up our cars.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-12-07 14:01|| 2022-12-07 14:01|| Front Page Top

#7 for the Sierra, there has been 7 drought years in the past 10 and, of those, 4 of those have been pretty severe

and California reservoir capacity is about what it was 30 years ago

there have been a lot of water conservation initiatives but three relatively new activities are really water intensive

- growing marijuana
- washing recyclables
- massively expanded almond and pecan orchards

so far this year, in the Sierra, the snow pack is about double the normal but its still a long way to go until end of the precip season

Posted by Lord Garth 2022-12-07 14:35|| 2022-12-07 14:35|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ Now add to that: Resevoir capaticity - now that is interesting considering we (CA) haven't built any new resevoirs since the Great Plagues of Egypt. Combine that with legislating that X% of water MUST be allowed to flow to the Pacific. The failure of the Oroville Dam, and still talk of demolishing the Hetch-Hetchy Resevoir. The nut acreage has increased, but that plays into that hands of the Dems as all that water comes from NorCal and flows south. That is the real goal. Those tunnels under the Delta? Yep! Once NorCal (State of Jefferson) has been starved of enough water, then mission accomplished.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2022-12-07 15:14|| 2022-12-07 15:14|| Front Page Top

#9 there has been 7 drought years in the past 10

Rainfall, drought and the solar cycle

Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-07 18:41|| 2022-12-07 18:41|| Front Page Top

#10 The Farmers’ Almanac 2022-2023 Extended Weather Forecast

Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-07 18:43|| 2022-12-07 18:43|| Front Page Top

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