Intensity. This evening it will be swinging south ward and eastward. And youll see there will be pockets of rain but the main intensity of the storm will have passed. Now, lets go live to Wayne Freedman to check on the impact the storms have had on the drought. Wayne . Good evening, ama. The effect of the drought is better than wed feared but not as good as hoped. While i talk in the dark, lets just continue. There is a group that keeps track of broughts around the country. Here it comes, again. Another storm, another opportunity to not complain. California continues to be a state in a state of drought. Its still early in the season. And from our perspective, we need to get rain throughout the spring in order to be comfortable going into the summer. That is pam king, who remains haunted by the memory of lake mendocino. Were still not at a 10year norm. Not here, nor lake sonoma. We have accumulated about half of what we need to be full in lake sonoma. Keep calling it a drought. And keep
Heavenly reports six inches and it is still coming down. Are we seeing any impact on the drought . Good evening, im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. Were looking at the short and long term effects of this el nino enhanced weather. Lets begin with abc7 news anchor Spencer Christian. Lets take a look at whats happening now. We have a wide path of light rain covering much of the north bay. We have had down pours east of 29 now, moving toward solano county. And a storm impact scale indicates usually expected impact of the storm. One is a light storm, three is a strong storm, five is severe. The current storm is ranking number one, a storm of light intensity. This evening it will be swinging south ward and eastward. And youll see there will be pockets of rain but the main intensity of the storm will have passed. Now, lets go live to Wayne Freedman to check on the impact the storms have had on the drought. Wayne . Good evening, ama. The effect of the drought is better than wed feared but not as goo
meteorologist tony pann. we have had some weird weather. rain, snow, temperatures in the 40 s. it should be near 60 this time of year. it should be sunny today and warmer. tomorrow is a big day, of course. the o s home opener. it will get warmer over the next 24 hours. let s look at what s happening now. on the chilly side. nothing unusual for this time of the year. west wind at 8 miles per hour. right now the skies are mostly clear. that s our forecast, mostly sunny. temperatures still below average for this time of year. certainly better than the weather in the last four or five days. we ll come back and check the seven-day forecast. for now, to the news desk. our big story now, one person dead three others injured after a stabbing in a downtown nightclub. it happened at the buourbon nightclub. sheldon dutez has the latest. this man was at a nightclub friday night. when a i m walking toward the bathroom. everything is blacked out. blood was all over the floor.
yesterday. we had snow a couple days ago, then it went to the 60 s and 70 s, and we re going to do it again. we re going to be near 60 monday, and then it will snow again monday night or tuesday morning. there is crazy weather coming up. today will be quiet. it is breezy right now. leftover wind. most of today will be relatively quiet. 42 degrees at the airport. northwest wind at 9 still gusting to 17. this will be the windyest part of the day. winds will diminish. tonight maybe a couple showers. rain showers likely on monday. we get back to the upper 50 s to near 60 s for president s day. as i mentioned, snow is in the forecast as well. for now, to the news desk. from brush fires to downed streeze and power lines, mother nature releases her fury. strong winds ripped through the area yesterday. sheldon dutez has the latest. strong winds and dry air contributed to many fires across prince george s county, including this one at a mulch plant in laurel. the fires exten