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After a dry winter, forecast shows wet start to April for all of California

Los Angeles City Hall is pictured from behind glass covered in droplets on a rainy day in March 2020. (Credit: Los Angeles Times)

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An extended forecast for California shows an above-normal probability of precipitation during the week of April 6-10, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center.

After a disappointingly dry winter that has left most of the state with below-normal precipitation, that’s good news, although it would take a lot of rain and snow to make up for the shortfall.


“This is a decent storm system,” said senior meteorologist Todd Hall with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. “It’s cold with potential for snow in the Sierra.”

The above-average probability of precipitation continues into Easter week, and the extended outlook also calls for below-normal temperatures during the period.

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