This drought was touted as proof of man-made global warming.
So is this rain.
Whatever it is, it requires a massive tax and redistribution solution, at the very least.
It is basucally El Nino. Causes an enormous amount of water vapor to enter the Pacific equatorial regions. It can take awhile for this vapor to fall out as rain and for some of it to reach up into the temperate regions. Dominant wind patterns of the tropics and temperate latitudes move in opposite directions around the globe. There is evidence that during some phases of the cold ice age period, more El Nino’s occur. And actually if you analyze the climate physical possibilities, strong El Nino’s could coincide with the fall back into the ice age. So basically, the Equatorial Pacific Ocean rejects or expells solar heat via El Nino. At some future point they should stop as we near the bottom of the cold period. At that point Oceans will be too cold to even warm up enough from solar heat to cause El Nino’s. So basically Cali will be longing for the drought days soon. And there are other things affecting the Pac NW, but that is probably classified intel at this point in time. Sorry for the long post but could not sleep here in Texas. We get the El Nino rain earlier.