Don’t let this week’s sunny skies and balmy temperatures fool you — El Nino isn’t gone, it’s just taking a bit of a breather, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service said Wednesday. While last week’s saturating storms have been notably absent this week, meteorologist Emily Thornton said the expectation is still that Southern […]
Congressman Kevin McCarthy, the majority whip in the House of Representatives, explained how the fight to get more water for farmers played out in the last session — a fight which ended with no resolution. We encourage him to keep up that fight. The congressman placed the defeat of a water bill at […]
Meteorologists are unsure if the current El Niño weather patterns will provide enough rainfall to pull California out of its historic four-year drought. But we do know that things are trending that way after a wet December that marked the halfway point in the water year. Particularly, the second quarter of the water year […]
As robust storms continue to move through California, El Nino conditions in the Pacific Ocean are already starting to weaken, a National Weather Service expert says. Sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific that serve as a key fuel for the weather phenomenon are starting to cool, although a strong El Nino is expected […]
/in California and the U.S./by Mike Lee /McClatchyDC (As published by Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.)by By Michael Doyle
U.S. lawmakers from California have more political turbulence ahead of them with the introduction Tuesday of a bill to settle a long-running San Joaquin Valley irrigation drainage dispute. The legislation by Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, would implement a sweeping drainage settlement reached between the Obama administration and the Westlands Water District. It also reignites […]
It’s finally raining in California — just when we’d begun to think that it would never rain again. But the state is deep in water debt. Traditionally, California has depended on snowmelt for about a third of its water. The recent storms have gotten California’s snowpack up to slightly above average for this time of […]
Dry Week a ‘Break in the Action’ In El Nino Winter
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Santa Clara Valley Signalby By Luke MoneyDon’t let this week’s sunny skies and balmy temperatures fool you — El Nino isn’t gone, it’s just taking a bit of a breather, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service said Wednesday. While last week’s saturating storms have been notably absent this week, meteorologist Emily Thornton said the expectation is still that Southern […]
OPINION: Keep Up the Fight for Water
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Porterville RecorderCongressman Kevin McCarthy, the majority whip in the House of Representatives, explained how the fight to get more water for farmers played out in the last session — a fight which ended with no resolution. We encourage him to keep up that fight. The congressman placed the defeat of a water bill at […]
County On Pace To Double Rainfall
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Foothills Sun-Gazette (Exeter)by By: Reggie EllisMeteorologists are unsure if the current El Niño weather patterns will provide enough rainfall to pull California out of its historic four-year drought. But we do know that things are trending that way after a wet December that marked the halfway point in the water year. Particularly, the second quarter of the water year […]
El Nino Conditions Already Weakening
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Capital Pressby By Tim HeardenAs robust storms continue to move through California, El Nino conditions in the Pacific Ocean are already starting to weaken, a National Weather Service expert says. Sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific that serve as a key fuel for the weather phenomenon are starting to cool, although a strong El Nino is expected […]
Clashes on California Water Resume In DC with Introduction of Drainage Bill
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /McClatchyDC (As published by Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.)by By Michael DoyleU.S. lawmakers from California have more political turbulence ahead of them with the introduction Tuesday of a bill to settle a long-running San Joaquin Valley irrigation drainage dispute. The legislation by Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, would implement a sweeping drainage settlement reached between the Obama administration and the Westlands Water District. It also reignites […]
The Seven Charts You Need to Fathom California’s Water Prospects
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Grist (Seattle)by By Nathanael JohnsonIt’s finally raining in California — just when we’d begun to think that it would never rain again. But the state is deep in water debt. Traditionally, California has depended on snowmelt for about a third of its water. The recent storms have gotten California’s snowpack up to slightly above average for this time of […]