Two more storms are forecast to sweep the San Francisco Bay Area, one on Wednesday and another over weekend. The National Weather Service warned that flooding, fallen trees and power outages will continue to be a concern.
From SF Gate:
The numbers conveying the amount of rain and snow that a parade of storms dumped on California in recent weeks are staggering.
Downtown San Francisco recorded 13.59 inches of rain from Dec. 26 to Jan. 10. In that same time period, Santa Barbara recorded 12.10 inches and downtown Sacramento 9.58 inches, according to the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center. All of this rain is replenishing depleted reservoirs. Lake Cachuma in Santa Barbara County rose over 34 feet in 24 hours and is expected to completely fill in the coming days for the first time in over 10 years.
One of the state’s most important water sources, the Sierra Nevada snowpack, sat at 227% of normal on Thursday and was at 104% of its April 1 average.