San Diego County / Southern California
The latest news and analysis covering water issues in the San Diego County region and Southern California.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
Season’s First Rainfall Sweeps Into Southern California
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /NBC 4 (Los Angeles)by Jonathan Lloyd and Shanna MendiolaSouthern California faces the possibility of flooding and slides in wildfire burn areas, including in the Cleveland National Forest in Orange County near the site of the recent Holy Fire, as a storm brings rain to the region this week.
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 […]