California Snowpack was Setting Records, for a Minute There. Then…
I spoke to Daniel Swain of UCLA and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, on January 7. California’s all important snowpack accumulation was doing pretty well at that moment. Things have changed.
The Sierra Nevada snowpack, which is crucial to California's water supply, has experienced record mid-winter snowmelt over the last 4 weeks.
This is California's peak wet season when the snowpack is supposed to grow rapidly, but in fact, the exact opposite has happened. #CAwxpic.twitter.com/V2ZicUOFoP
Saving this snapshot for posterity, since I think it's the single driest ensemble mean precip prediction I've ever seen during peak of California wet season. This suggests that virtually every individual GFS ensemble member is completely dry in NorCal for next 16 days. #CAwxpic.twitter.com/mW8ZZr6iaH
As humans we will become inured to the relentless stream of disasters, and become the metaphorical boiled frogs.