Mid-range forecasts are calling for a stretch of wet weather across the Western United States.
Water from heavy rains breaches a levee in Novato, Calif. on Feb. 14. By Mike Branom May 10 The snow that fell atop California’s higher elevations this winter remains deep. And the waterways emerging from the mountains are already swollen to their banks and beyond by the frigid runoff from the snowpack.
— SoCal Weather Watcher May 10, 2019 Unstable weather, due to a cold cutoff low wandering into the state from Nevada, started causing problems Thursday, with effects expected through the weekend. A flash flood watch for Death Valley National Park and the Owens Valley was issued Friday by the National Weather Service office in Hanford, Calif., citing the possibility of “heavy precipitation in the Sierra along with mid-slope snowmelt.
Making those numbers even more astounding, the survey followed a dry April across the state. According to the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, most of California received less than 20 millimeters of rain, with parts of the Southland taking in less than 1 percent of normal.
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