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I am a citrus farmer in Central CA. We are always on the fringe: either the southern fringe of the northern storms, or the northern fringe of the southern storms. We had a very dry and very warm fall this year. We're still below historical averages for rainfall as of 12/10/12, but at least the weather has cooled off...hoping no major freezes for our citrus this winter! We're also hoping the Sierra Nevada's get a good snowpack - that's our summer water supply! Thank you for your blogs!
Good luck on the crop! I love California oranges. It looks like the Sierra Nevada has a fairly good chance of getting a good snow pack.
I've been living in California for almost 20 years (a NH transplant), in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our rainy seasons during that time was pretty consistent. However, just moving up to the Sierra foothills this past summer, we have been bombarded by rain over the past six weeks. The longest duration of the heaviest rain I have ever witnessed in my young 50 years, was about two weeks ago. A fairly dried up pond on our property, filled up to about 10 ft deep within a weekend of this rain. I fully support this pineapple express "business" but now, I would like a big dose of snow, please! Let's bring the temps down a bit Mother Nature!! :-D
Yes, there is less erosion and better river runs if the moisture is stored as snow pack in the mountains. (Not to mention, better skiing!)
I live in the west and during the first week of December it has been quite wet. I love the rain because late summer through fall we havent been in the way of rainfall. I'm not too crazy about the severe weather with the storms but the pineapple express gave us a GRREEAT soaking. Its what we needed in the thirsty western United States.
I have to admit, seeing the eastern US being so warm and dry is sad. I know how it feels to have winter cancelled. We didnt have one either last year. I hope old man winter will stay not only here, but in the eastern US as well. Im so sorry folks!! Dont give up on winter though, its still fall and winter is still a matter of 2 weeks away. You'd be amazed of how much things change between now and Christmas. I will check weather forecasts tomorrow, the US doesent need warm and dry. I've seen enough!
I'm going to be driving in the Midwest tomorrow. (Columbus, Ohio!) I want it to be warm, dry and boring for two more days, then let the blizzards roar!
Im very very very ticked off at this weather. I was out west in southern Oregon at my friends house last week, see they were being bombarded with storms like you said, caused by the Pineapple Express but back home in Indiana, we havent seen a drop of precip in i dont know how long. In the lower midwest and mid atlantic states there isnt any signs of snow. It stayed in MN, IL and farther north. Its supposed to get cold BUT temperatures will rebound back above normal. I live in a small rural town in southeastern Indiana , the weather seems to be the talk of most people. We're all sick of this warm weather. Its December, when is winter coming in for good? Im getting to the point where I may just give up on winter. Do you still expect this winter will be real? I just want winter back :'( is that too much to ask for?
Lol it looks like all of us want a winter on the Old Farmers Almanac!
I just read the latest science on the Arctic Oscillation and they were predicting a negative AO that would bring a frigid, stormy winter in the Midwest. Now if reality would just match the models.
Here in eastern Texas it has been quite a weather year. 2 years in a row Texas has been dying and roasting over the summers of 2011 & 2012. No matter how much it rains, it would be nice if the MJO could help all of us in the south. We need the rain very very badly, basically the whole US was under drought this year in 2012 but theres one benefit to this though, we in the United States have the urge to help one another in tough times. For instance, the derecho that hit the Mid Atlantic states like Maryland and Virginia, I actually saw people donate money to the tragedy there as they were suffering through a tough heat wave without power. During Sandy, seeing them lose everything they had, It brought me to tears to see it. It was heartbreaking, I've been through hurricanes, tornadoes.. Ive seen it all in my neck of the woods. Now that winter is here (almost) can we please give our fellow easterners the snow they want? I want to close out 2012 with a real winter as well. No more fake winters, mother nature ripped us off last year. However, I believe things will recover. 2013 is a new year, we can start it off right with snow in the east, rain in the Texas panhandle, storms in the west and the mighty Mississippi filling up with water
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