I'm writing this on Christmas Eve.
The weather forecast shows storm after storm, lined up out in the Pacific, waiting to get into California like the backlog of cargo ships waiting to get into Long Beach.
The storms will push across the coast and the Central Valley and then climb up the West Slope of the Sierra. Most scenarios show 5 or 6 feet coming to Tahoe by this coming Tuesday. And they added this killer line from the National Weather Service:
"Travel will be difficult to impossible this weekend with snow levels lowering into the foothils Sunday morning. Tree branches could fall as well. Additional snow accumulations of 3 to 6 feet, with localized amounts of up to 12 feet."
Either way, the result will be a substantial addition to our snowpack, another dent in the drought, and multiple feet of water added to Lake Tahoe and Northern California reservoirs.
In 2017 (was that the correct year?), they said the drought that year would take years of above-average precipitation to recover from. But after a series of major storms. we bounced back to normal in just one season.
This year they've been saying the same thing. Will these storms do the same thing and refill the lake? Check back in April.
P.S. A reminder that TAHOE JADE will be free on Kindle through December 29th. Here's the link:
Check it out, and tell your friends. I think you'll like it.
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