Coming off a summer of moderate drought with some crop losses, the five Cascade Mountain reservoirs serving irrigators in the Yakima Basin have less water than normal and the winter snowpack outlook is uncertain. “We are in an El Nino neutral which would mean normal conditions and we would be fairly optimistic. No one has […]
A key Senate panel has voted to fully and permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), a move that conservation groups see as a significant victory. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee voted Tuesday morning to permanently authorize and completely fund the program, which was established in 1964 to help with outdoor […]
The U.S. government’s oceans and waterways agency will provide $30 million to improve coastal resilience, officials said, aiming to reduce the impacts of worsening storms, flooding and rising seas in nearly half of U.S. states. Grants through the program are designed to restore or expand coastal wetlands, dunes, reefs, mangroves and barrier islands that are […]
Dangerous fire weather is returning to broad swaths of Northern California at the same time as Southern California is expecting its first winter storm of the season to produce widespread rain. And the two events are related. Red flag warnings sounding the alarm for fire weather for parts of the Bay Area and northern Sacramento […]
It’s been warmer than normal. It’s been drier than normal. For most of the region, it hasn’t rained more than a sprinkle or a brief thunderstorm here or there in about six months. Northern California weather has done a relatively quick 180 in 2019. Heavy rain coming via “atmospheric river” systems drenched the Sacramento Valley, […]
When torrential rains flooded downtown Dubai earlier this month, the United Arab Emirates’ zealous embrace of cloud seeding was blamed by some. So if cloud seeding can cause a desert to flood, why can’t Australia use the technology to break the drought? The answer is surprisingly simple. For cloud seeding to produce rain you need […]
Water Reservoirs Below Average in Cascades
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Capital Pressby Dan WheatComing off a summer of moderate drought with some crop losses, the five Cascade Mountain reservoirs serving irrigators in the Yakima Basin have less water than normal and the winter snowpack outlook is uncertain. “We are in an El Nino neutral which would mean normal conditions and we would be fairly optimistic. No one has […]
Full Funding of Land Water Conservation Fund Passes Key Senate Hurdle
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Hillby Miranda GreenA key Senate panel has voted to fully and permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), a move that conservation groups see as a significant victory. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee voted Tuesday morning to permanently authorize and completely fund the program, which was established in 1964 to help with outdoor […]
U.S. Announces $30 Million To Bolster Coasts From Flooding, Rising Seas
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Reutersby Ellen WulfhorstThe U.S. government’s oceans and waterways agency will provide $30 million to improve coastal resilience, officials said, aiming to reduce the impacts of worsening storms, flooding and rising seas in nearly half of U.S. states. Grants through the program are designed to restore or expand coastal wetlands, dunes, reefs, mangroves and barrier islands that are […]
Northern California Braces For Fire Weather As Southland Expects Rain — Those Events Are Related
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Times by Paul DuginskiDangerous fire weather is returning to broad swaths of Northern California at the same time as Southern California is expecting its first winter storm of the season to produce widespread rain. And the two events are related. Red flag warnings sounding the alarm for fire weather for parts of the Bay Area and northern Sacramento […]
Is Rain Done In 2019? Is California In A Drought? What To Know As Weather Stays Dry
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Bee by Michael McGoughIt’s been warmer than normal. It’s been drier than normal. For most of the region, it hasn’t rained more than a sprinkle or a brief thunderstorm here or there in about six months. Northern California weather has done a relatively quick 180 in 2019. Heavy rain coming via “atmospheric river” systems drenched the Sacramento Valley, […]
Cloud Seeding Not An Option For Drought-Ravaged Australia
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /7 NEWS Sydney (Sydney, Australia)by Kelly BurkeWhen torrential rains flooded downtown Dubai earlier this month, the United Arab Emirates’ zealous embrace of cloud seeding was blamed by some. So if cloud seeding can cause a desert to flood, why can’t Australia use the technology to break the drought? The answer is surprisingly simple. For cloud seeding to produce rain you need […]