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Thanks for the suggestion. We had a discussion internally as to why inflows are higher this seasons compared to previous periods with comparable precipitation l

Thanks for the suggestion. We had a discussion internally as to why inflows are higher this seasons compared to previous periods with comparable precipitation levels. We thought it might be due a multiple storms this season or because of discharges from the upstream reservoirs. The timespan we used in the SQL query calculates the inflow/precipitation ratio based on the last few weeks and we use that as an input into the estimate.

Obi_Juan_Kenobi 10y ago
The 1997 flooding in CA was mostly due to this issue of warm rain + snowmelt, so searching around for information about that might be good. This guy seems to have testified about this flooding damage and claims 30 inches of rain around Oroville, with 18 inches of coincident melting, thus exceeding their worst-case scenario. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_fOdaNTppI&feature=youtu.be&t=7991 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_fOdaNTppI&feature=youtu.be...