North California is going through dispersed showers, air that is cold and almost winter-like temperatures that seemed to have been passing by it. Although forecasters are predicting that this unusually cold spring storm will be causing snowfall on the desolate mountains but will not do much to help the situation with the drought.
National Weather Service Forecaster Diana Henderson said, “It’s a start but it’s just not enough. We have a rather large deficient to make up for. One or 2 inches around the Bay Area is just not going to do it.”
There is a possibility of thunderstorms rolling in with small hails on Tuesday.
According to forecasters, 6 to 12 inches of snow may be hitting about 4,000 feel with 1 to 2 feet on the higher peaks. A winter storm warning above 3,500 feet of snow has already been issued by the National Weather Service in Sacramento, to be effective from 6 p.m. onwards from Tuesday.
The roads are slick in the region, therefore mountain travelling could be hazardous and motorist must carry chains and also keep an eye on speed limits, especially when they are above 3,500 feet.
It was expected that the storm would be spreading moderate rain down the Central Coast to the Los Angeles basin by Tuesday afternoon. Forecasters have said that snow levels will be at 4,500 feet late that night and by Wednesday the skies will be clearing out.
Governor Jerry Brown, who took his place in the dried out brown grass at site which is known to be covered in snow this time of the year, has declared that the drought conditions are grasping at its worst in decades.
The snow survey on April 1 in the Seirra Nevada attended by Brown measured at a miserable 5% of the historical average.
Brown has announced an order necessating the State Water Resources Control Board to execute measures in cities and towns to reduce the overall water usage of the state by 25% compared to the levels in 2013, on that very same day.
It is expected that the dry and mild weather will be back in the Bay Area and the mountains by Wednesday afternoon.
