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As warm atmospheric rivers slide gradually southward along Pacific Coast, a return to rain and end to tule fog in NorCal later this week–but don’t expect much mountain snow
Well, it sure has been another dramatic couple of weeks when it comes to Western U.S. weather! But exactly what the drama has been varies widely from place to place–in some cases, even rather dramatically over just a couple of thousand feet of elevation or a horizontal mile or two. For several weeks, a persistent and fairly strong mid-level ridge of high pressure has kept (most of) California as well as most of the Southwest rain/snow-less and much warmer than usual. As the ridge has persisted, record or near-record warm and daytime and/or nighttime temperatures have occurred virtually every day in December so far somewhere in the West, particularly inland and at higher elevations. So for around 75% of the land area of the West, historic warmth and December sun has been the rule for the last 3 weeks. But there have been two (quite major) exceptions.
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DAILY DIGEST, 12/15: Rain, snow in forecast for NorCal; State releases amended Bay Delta Plan with new chapter; USDA pushes back on California Ag Land Equity Plan; Amid Colorado River ‘impasse,’ tense meeting comes to Las Vegas; and more …
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