I have access to wind generation data for the Midwest plains area - total numbers. It varies from around 2000 MW to around 12,000 MW. That’s a 6:1 difference. And when the wind isn’t blowing, as you noted, fossil fuels have to make up the difference. So, you have to build a significant amount of redundant generation to back up any wind generation you have.
Not very cost effective in most areas.
dry but warmer then normal conditions will need to some snowmelt in the mountains...
the forecast for the middle feather river upstream seems to show minor rises expected in a couple of days...and since it should be dry that has got to be from predicted snowmelt
the lake just passed 959 feet and is still rising .05 feet per hour
good news is that high pressure will push the storm track more north and the rain with it into next week.... not so good news is that that same high will cause warmer then normal temps and some snowmelt