At the beginning of the new year, California’s snowpack looked promising. On Jan. 2, the state’s Department of Water Resources measured the snowpack at 108% of average, for that date.

CONFIRMING THE START OF THE LA NINA PATTERN. AND THIS COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON WEATHER PATTERNS DURING THE REMAINDER OF CALIFORNIA’S WET SEASON. KCRA 3’S RYAN CURRY HAS MORE WITH OUR PARTNER ...

But even before its official start, the precursors of La Niña had already set the stage for dangerous fire conditions in Southern California. La Niña isn’t always bad news for California.

California is the most obvious example. Winter in Northern California is typically wetter during La Niña while the southern half of the state is drier than normal. Those extremes are playing out ...

It is just the start of 2025, but the U.S. is already seeing extreme weather across the country, from the wildfires raging in Southern California to the uncharacteristically heavy snow in the ...

After months of anticipation, a weather-changing La Niña has developed in the equatorial Pacific further adding to drought worries in California and the southern US, as well as the croplands in ...

Ming Pan receives funding from the California Department of Water Resources and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Dry conditions across Southern California set the stage for a ...

An active and unsettled pattern will bring several rounds of snow to the western US through the next week, with a few especially strong surges poised to deliver significant snowfall to portions of ...

with a few especially strong surges poised to deliver significant snowfall to portions of California and the Northern Rockies, moderate to heavy accumulations in the Pacific Northwest, and lighter ...