Storm #2 is finishing up passing through the Sacramento area. So far, 1.49" has fallen at Sacramento Executive Airport, which is real generous! Typically, 3.56" falls in an average January, so today's total is 42% of that value.
But wait, Storm #3 will come in tomorrow morning, which should be of similar, or just slightly weaker, strength. The two storms together will account for about 75% of a normal January's rainfall. For winter season precipitation so far, even accounting for November and December's deficiencies, we are likely to reach normal totals in the valleys, and more than that in the mountains.
The situation out in the Pacific is still very fluid. Next week won't be the flood I initially thought. We will have a bit of drying out to do. There will be a quick-moving little storm passing through Saturday morning, January 9th. There will also be a second little storm on Tuesday morning, January 12th, next week.
But towards the end of next week, we may have a large storm again, with others after that. It may be we'll have a bountifully-wet January after all.
Another question. Is all this bounty the product of El Niño? I tend to think not. To me, it looks like a return to a normal California winter. The winds aren't drawing moisture excessively from equatorial areas. The Equator is off doing its own thing, like it always does. But maybe climatologists would disagree. And the media would certainly disagree. And it doesn't really matter, as long as the rain keeps falling.
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