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The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
Rainfall Prediction Contest Winner Has Weather In His Genes
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Robert KrierNo investigations are planned, but David Schug, the winner of the Union-Tribune’s 15th annual Precipitation Prediction Contest, may have had an unfair advantage: His father was a weatherman. Schug predicted San Diego would get 3.5 inches of rain during the 2017-18 rainfall year, which ran from Oct. 1, 2017 to Sunday (Sept. 30). The city’s […]
Southern California, Parched And Wary, Hopes For Rain, Readies For Flash Floods
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Pasadena Star-Newsby Richard K. De AtleySouthern California got ready Monday for the first storm of the new rain season, due midweek, while also preparing for possible debris flows as the threatening remnants of tropical storm Rosa rolled through the mountain and desert areas. For a time Monday afternoon, authorities issued a voluntary flood evacuation for San Jacinto Mountain communities in […]
San Diego Ending The Rainy Season With A Meager 3.34 Inches Of Precipitation
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Gary Robbinshe final figures won’t be available until midnight. But San Diego will end the current rainy season (October 1-September 30) with roughly 3.34 inches of precipitation, which is 7 inches below average, says the National Weather Service. The deficit is even bigger in Ramona, which recorded approximately 5.80 inches of rain, which is 10.24 inches below […]
Salton Sea Survival Plans Rely On Ocean Water Pumped From Mexico
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Toni McallisterOnce considered pipe dreams, the concept of saving the Salton Sea by tapping ocean water from Mexico, to keep the accidental salt lake from drying up, will get an official consideration at two meetings in the desert this week. The California Natural Resources Agency will look at three competing proposals at a hearing in Coachella Monday, and in El […]