Despite heavy rainfall in early 2023, California is facing the possibility of a fourth consecutive year of drought. In the past, residents have relied on pumping groundwater to supplement the limited water supply. However, as CBS Los Angeles meteorologist Evelyn Taft found during a visit to the San Joaquin Valley,...
More Rain, Snow, Thunderstorms Take Aim on Valley. Is Drought Nearly Over?
Thunderstorms in the Valley, winter storm watch in the Sierra, flood watches and warnings — yep, just another typical winter day here in California. "Just stand by, and eventually something new is going to show up," Jim Bagnall, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Hanford, said Friday morning. But after...
Recent Storms ‘Just a Drop in the Bucket’ for California Drought
California has experienced a devastating, multi-year drought that’s depleted reservoirs, forced officials to plead with residents to conserve water and constrained supplies to vital farmland. Suddenly, the state has been hit by a severe series of storms, with more expected in the coming days. The rain is soaking a state...
Fresno Winter Storm Could Set Records for Rain and Cold
The first major winter storm of the season could bring record-setting rain on Tuesday, National Weather Service meteorologist J.P. Kalb said. The record for rainfall in Fresno on Nov. 8 is 0.98 of an inch, and there's a possibility Tuesday's rains could top that, Kalb said. "This is the first...
Storm Leaves Grapevine, Tehachapi Pass Closed as New System Looms
Icy conditions in mountains north of Los Angeles shut Interstate 5 in Tejon Pass and State Route 58 in Tehachapi Pass early Tuesday as one storm exited and a major new system headed toward California. Caltrans said the closure of north- and southbound I-5 between the communities of Castaic and...
Heavy Rains Could Usher in the New Year for Parched Fresno
The National Weather Service in Hanford predicts that rain will quench the parched Valley floor and drop snow in the Sierra starting Sunday. But the NWS forecast isn't certain about how much precipitation there will be after New Year's Day. "The forecast becomes very difficult after Friday," the NWS said...
How Long Will Fresno Showers Continue?
Fresno's rain showers are expected to subside this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service in Hanford. The weather maker will move east Monday afternoon and usher in dry weather Tuesday and Wednesday. However, that high-pressure system could yield to another weather maker on the north end of the Valley...
Midweek Storm to Bring More Rain, Snow to Central and Northern California
There’s a week left in fall but forecasters said Tuesday a winter storm is about to roll into Northern and Central California, carrying widespread rain in some areas and more mountain snow. The weather system is expected to arrive Wednesday afternoon and continue through Thursday, the National Weather Service said....
Weekend Storm Brings Needed Moisture to Valley. Forecast Shows More on the Way.
Light snowfall lingered in Shaver Lake and other parts of the Sierra Nevada after weekend precipitation brought much-needed moisture to the Central Valley over the weekend. The Fresno area received about .71 inches of rainfall through early Monday, measured at Fresno City College. Shaver Lake received about a half-inch of precipitation,...
Hurricane Sally Unleashes Flooding Along the Gulf Coast
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Hurricane Sally lumbered ashore near the Florida-Alabama line Wednesday with 105 mph winds and rain measured in feet, not inches, swamping homes and trapping people in high water as it crept inland for what could be a long, slow and disastrous drenching across the Deep South. Moving...