El Niño to promote wet weather in California next week
The storm track will focus on California next week, in part due to El Niño, resulting in several spells of rain and mountain snow across the state leading up to the holidays.
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00:00 drought conditions remain persistent
00:01 through New Mexico, Arizona,
00:02 Southern Colorado,
00:03 even in Southern Utah and Nevada as well.
00:06 But you'll notice California things
00:08 are looking pretty good.
00:09 All things considered now if you've
00:11 been watching here on Accuweather,
00:13 you know we actually a couple months
00:15 ago declared the California drought
00:17 over at least until 2025.
00:19 We've had such a parade of storms here.
00:22 Really last year,
00:23 last winter with a tremendous amount
00:25 of snowfall and rainfall as well,
00:27 but we're currently in a pretty dry stretch.
00:29 We need some more rain if we are
00:32 going to keep that drought away.
00:33 It's a rainy season,
00:35 but today not a drop in sight.
00:37 San Francisco, Sacramento,
00:37 LA, San Diego more in the way of
00:40 sunshine here for all four cities.
00:41 Temperatures in NorCal looking at the
00:43 60s and as we get into SoCal or more
00:45 in the upper 70s even mid 70s in San Diego.
00:48 You know it's warm for this time of year,
00:50 but it's not so bad.
00:51 All things considered,
00:52 at least I think so.
00:53 Anyway,
00:54 we'll take you into tomorrow where
00:55 widespread 70s and 60s in California.
00:57 And then we head further to the
00:59 south of Cedar City 55 degrees.
01:00 48 in Grand Junction,
01:01 Colorado and Phoenix.
01:02 A little further South.
01:03 We keep the warmth around 78 degrees,
01:05 but we are about to experience a big change.
01:07 You know,
01:08 I mentioned it's the wet season in
01:10 California and the Pacific Northwest.
01:11 For that matter,
01:12 I think San Francisco is a great
01:14 example of what we're waiting for here.
01:16 Look at the summer months in San Francisco.
01:18 I mean, you can't buy a drop of rain.
01:21 There's hardly anything really from
01:22 June all the way through September,
01:24 but once we get into the fall and the winter,
01:27 can we see more of a pattern of storms
01:30 being directed at the Pacific Coast?
01:32 And voila,
01:32 we have not one but two storms
01:34 were watching for you can see the
01:36 first one just offshore and then
01:38 out in the Pacific.
01:39 Here's storm number two that we're
01:41 watching for later into next week.
01:42 But here's the pattern you can see again.
01:45 That change that flip of the switch
01:46 really starting on Sunday and going
01:48 through this coming week where we
01:50 have wetter weather in store not just
01:52 for the PNW but the Golden State as well.
01:54 More rain in store for California
01:56 that we could use again.
01:57 It's been a dry stretch.
01:58 That said,
01:59 it's going to make for an uncomfortable
02:00 stretch in terms of travelers.
02:02 Even on I-5 major interstates,
02:03 you want to make sure you're being careful.
02:05 Here's future rainfall Sunday into Monday
02:06 and you can see the state fill in.
02:08 It's pretty abrupt, right?
02:09 Once we get up and down the coast
02:10 of Washington and Oregon and then
02:12 into California heaviest rain right
02:13 along the coastline and then as
02:15 you're heading down toward the Bay area,
02:16 we are watching for that rain to come in.
02:19 And then again,
02:20 that second storm comes in as well.
02:21 Tuesday, Wednesday,
02:22 more in the way of some rainfall.
02:23 Couple showers here and there.
02:25 Periods of rain on Wednesday.
02:26 A quick shower possible Thursday to keep
02:28 the umbrella and the Accuweather app around.
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