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Weather Whiplash May Bring Drought Do-Over

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Cartoon: a melting snowperson slumps on a patch of snow while holding a sign that says, "pray for snow." A coal eye and carrot nose are on the ground next to the snowperson.

After a record-dry January, it’s not looking good for the Sierra snowpack that millions of Californians rely on for water.

In a state known for extremes, weather whiplash has sent us from a record-breaking December of heavy precipitation to a bone-dry January.

It was just last month that we left extreme drought behind … and now we’re headed back to where we started all over again.

Happy Groundhog Day.

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