It's the third storm this month, but not enough to impact the current drought. However, fire officials say a wet winter does help with the dry fuels.
"We live and die, so to speak, by the what we call 'fuel moisture content.' And that is, just like it sounds, how wet the fuels that are out there on the ground are," explains Steve Hill, with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.As the downpour drenched the Bay Area, the storm brought heavy snow and white-out conditions to the Tahoe area, closing portions of Interstate 80 and Highway 50 .
"We saw gusts across the ridge tops anywhere from 103-to-110 miles per hour," says Kevin "Coop" Cooper, a Tahoe area travel expert. Copper says the storm also brought the threat of avalanches near some resorts. As he describes, there was six-to-12 inches of snow at lake level, but upwards of 16 inches at higher elevations. He believes the snow quality is setting up for a strong ski season."But for what the set up is for the holidays, this is the perfect base that we have going in," says Cooper.
As water experts have noted that last year, California saw big storms in October and December, followed by the driest January, February and March ever recorded in the state. Longer-term forecasts are for another dry winter.
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