California Rain Brings Both Relief, Flooding

Look at 12z Precipitable water charts for the storm Approaching California

26th the system is weak and south of the feature in the gulf of Alaska. There is no connection the area around Hawaii, where PWS are below normal

 

following day ( yesterday) pws way below normal storm starting to take shape west of US coast

 

 

this morning

 

west of California still no connection to Hawaii. System origin from the westnorthwest

 

So we are now growing pineapples in the gulf of Alaska. The reason PWS increase off California was due to the deepening well to the north, not this pulling moisture out of places where Pineapples grow. There are not even any isobars that make it that far south