The water year was off to a raging start with a series of rainstorms bringing much of Southern California to average or above average rain levels for the year in a period of just a few months.
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Sierra van der Brug,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026
The air under a ridge is also stable, preventing the formation of clouds or rainstorms—the clear skies allow sunlight to heat up the surface unimpeded.
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Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2026
Heavy rain is not uncommon in South Asia this time of year, but experts largely agree that the frequency and intensity of cloudbursts have increased in recent years, in part due to climate change.
The blizzard may be one of the largest snowstorms the Twin Cities have seen in several years.
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Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
But the warming mountain range doesn’t mean fewer major snowstorms, Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, said.
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