The blog I Heart quoted from today in his post about the forthcoming storms is a goldmine of science and predictions for the interesting weather ahead:
After a very prolonged period of benign and mostly dry weather across the entire state brought about by an anomalously and almost bizarrely persistent high-latitude block for much of the winter season thus far, a major shift in the hemispheric flow pattern will being a prolonged period of heavy rainfall and strong winds to the entire state of California. Though there have been a few large storms California over the last few years, the first decade of the new millennium was generally not known for its active weather patterns in our state. The new decade appears to be trying to make up for some lost time in that regard. For the first time in at least several years, a powerful southern stream branch of the jet stream over the Pacific is expected to roar across CA for at least the next two weeks, potentially bringing a tremendous amount of precipitation and frequent strong wind events.
Wow!
I Heart wondered about what the Santa Clara river might look like as these rains dump several inches on the SCV. I recorded this video about two years ago following six days of rain. Sure this footage isn’t that special, but it’s amazing when you consider how dry the river bed is for much of the year.
The river out by the 126 was really amazing- over 100 feet wide, moving swiftly toward the ocean and carrying tons of natural and man-made debris.
Anyway, time to clean the gutters.
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