A storm from Gulf of Alaska is expected to bring wintery weather
Null also recommended Bay Area residents clean leaves from their gutters and replace old windshield wiper blades.Last October, record storms dumped 7 inches of rain in San Francisco near the end of the month — roughly one-third of the entire year’s total. The same storms brought enough snow to the Sierra that ski resorts opened a month early.Last November was unseasonably dry. The ski resorts shut down again.
“We’ve had zero rainfall so far this October,” Null said. “It’s been a nothing burger. So the rain expected next week is welcome. Every drop helps fill up the bucket.”Overall, the past year was the least dry of the last three. San Francisco received 84% of its historical average rainfall from Oct. 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2022. Oakland fared better with 93%. Los Angeles had 88% of normal. San Jose lagged with 58%.
On Thursday, 91% of California remained in a severe drought, with 43% in extreme drought, and 16% — mostly the San Joaquin Valley — in an exceptional drought, the worst of five categories, according theThe forecast of incoming snow buoyed the spirts of ski resorts around Lake Tahoe.
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