![]() ![]() ![]() “But unfortunately, complication requires nuance.” “It would be nice to have a governor say that the drought is over,” Newsom said in a briefing beside flooded Yolo County wetlands. Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom lifted drought measures – but not saying the drought is over. The region has been doused by 12 atmospheric river storms in three months. Fremont Weir will hit monitor stage early Thursday, according to the California Nevada River Forecast Center. North of Sacramento, the Tisdale Weir will reach monitor stage on Wednesday. Shasta Dam near Redding also was at 80% of capacity at 3.6 million acre feet on Monday. Bullards Bar Reservoir on the Yuba River near Dobbins in the Yuba County foothills was at 83% of its 966,000 acre-foot capacity, at about 806,200 acre feet, according to the California Department of Water Resources. At Oroville Dam on the Sacramento River, storage levels have fallen, but the dam is still at 2.9 million acre feet, or 82% of capacity. It’s not as much precipitation as in the previous systems that have drenched the region, but Carpenter said it’s still enough to raise concerns and keep river and reservoir monitors on watch.įolsom Dam is at 66% capacity, at nearly 647,000 acre feet, at an elevation of about 464 feet. Rain and gusty winds on the valley floor will mark this latest push, but the storm will still be strong enough to dump another heavy load of snow in the high country - as much as 1 to 3 inches an hour as the main band of weather pushes east.Ĭarpenter said she expects a foot or more of new snow across the higher elevations above 4,000 feet, and with it, Carpenter said, more accumulation resting on snow-weary homes and buildings across the mountain communities. “But given the fact that we’re saturated, we’ll continue to see those issues with urban and small stream flooding, especially during any thunderstorms that pop up - and the potential for additional mud and rock slides in the foothills - because we are just very saturated at this point,” she said.Īnywhere from a quarter-inch to a half-inch of rain will fall in the northern San Joaquin Valley 1 to 2 inches in the Sacramento region and as much as 3 inches in the Sierra foothills. “It’s not a huge amount, or a super wet system,” Carpenter said. “The main story is a weak, atmospheric river storm that will bring significant mountain snow, and widespread, lower elevation rain,” National Weather Service forecaster Courtney Carpenter said in her Monday morning briefing. A sunny and dry Monday across the Sacramento region gave way to yet another storm system overnight that is expected to further swell local rivers and reservoirs, soak a saturated valley floor and add to already-historic Sierra snowpack. ![]()
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