Gilroy
– It looks like Mother Nature is still holding back on the rain,
and it’s hurting local reservoirs.
Gilroy – It looks like Mother Nature is still holding back on the rain, and it’s hurting local reservoirs.
So far this month, South County has received only 0.37 inches of rain, when the area usually sees three times that amount.
With two months left in this rainy season, South County is almost 10 inches short of the average yearly rainfall of 20 inches, about 50 percent less than the average.
Official rainy season runs from July 1 through June 30, and so far South County has measured 10.79 inches of rain.
The yearly total for 2005/2006 official rainy season was 11.93 inches, and this year looks like it will be less.
“In springtime your weather patterns are a mixture of cool wintery storms, and late spring storms which have more wind,” said Steve Anderson Forecaster for the National Weather Service.
Though there is less rain this year, the reservoirs have managed to stay at a safe level said Candice Kwok-Smith, spokesperson for the Santa Clara Valley Water District.
“We started with more water than normal,” said Kwok-Smith.
Anderson reservoir is 74.4 percent full, while the Chesbro is at 20.2 percent. Coyote Reservoir is 31.2 percent full while Uvas Reservoir is 27.4 percent full.
Before skipping showers and cutting back on watering the lawn, remember April showers can bring May flowers, especially to make up for the lost amount of rain.
There’s a 50 percent chance of rain Thursday night and Friday morning, Anderson said. Expect some more cool showery weather Sunday, he added.
