6 Scary Facts About California's Drought

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11. Water Wars

The continuing water saga between the North and south will only get more heated. A quick trip up I5 shows that farmers are beginning to put signs along the highway protesting one water decision after another.

The most recent Draught monitor
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/expert_assessment/sdo_summary.html

The drought outlook valid from January 16 – April 30, 2014 is based primarily on short-, medium-, and long-range forecasts, and initial conditions. Drought is expected to worsen during the latter half of January across the Pacific Northwest. The poor start to the wet season with large precipitation deficits and very low snow-water equivalent values is likely to result in a continuation of drought through the end of April. Therefore, drought persistence is forecast for the Pacific Northwest. Forecast confidence is high for drought persistence or intensification across California due to the extremely dry initial conditions (snow-water equivalent values in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the lowest 5th percentile as of mid-January) and below-median precipitation favored in the CPC monthly and seasonal precipitation outlooks.

Not too bad for the always rainy Pacific Northwest, not too good for CA.