Rain isnt even affecting the evening commute. One person called it a teaser storm getting us ready for the rainy season but it really doesnt affect our water supply just yet. We have received just about. 01 of rainfall so far. Reporter its enough rain to remind us how much more we need. Just dont think we are going to get enough rainfall out of this particular storm to make much of a difference. The vast majority of the water thats falling from the sky right now is going to soak right into the ground. Reporter unlike many bay area Water Districts that rely on the Sierra Snowpack for their water supply, the Sonoma County Water Districts reservoirs are filled up by rainfall runoff. And this storm isnt doing much. Soil moisture in the ukiah area is at a 100 year low and we need about 8 of rain to start triggering runoff. Well, it will flow into our river, which is where we get our water from, as well as into the reservoirs, where well store that water and save it for next year. Reporter i
Any chance this storm is going to do much for the reservoirs . Not much. Reporter its been dry here for most of the evening hours so we are waiting for the rain to come south as paul referenced. A lot of people are calling this is opening act for the storms season and so far it hasnt been that impressive. Water districts in the bay area say we need 8 of rain to cause runoff and runoff especially in the north bay is critical. They get the majority if not all of their water from rainfall and runoff not from snowpack and snow melt. The snow melt in ukiah was at a 100 year low so the storm doesnt change that right now. It reminds us to turn off our garden hose or sprinklers and think about conservation. Ying well get much out of this storm i dont think well get much of the storm out of this system to make much of a difference. The amount of rain falling now is going to soak into the ground. We get 70 of our water from rain for the seven reservoirs in the county. Reporter reservoirs are not
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