Despite rainfall, Fresno still below yearly average. Here’s what two storms will bring
A “pretty good” amount of rain fell early Friday in the Fresno area, but this year is still behind its average to date, according to forecasters.
Clovis got nearly six-tenths of an inch and Fresno saw four-tenths overnight and Friday morning as the sun rose. The North Fork area saw closer to seven-tenths, according to Modesto Vasquez, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Hanford.
“A pretty good amount fell over the San Joaquin River drainage area,” he said.
The average year in Fresno gets almost 8 inches of rain through Oct. 8, he said, but this year has tallied 5.17 inches.
“We got an active pattern coming up,” Vasquez said. “It’s three different storms coming in. This first was the wettest.”
Those other storms are expected to be drier but will bring windy conditions Monday and Tuesday. High temperatures in the high 60s are expected those days.
The storms are expected to be wetter in the foothills and could lend a helping hand for the Windy and KNP Complex wildfires burning in Tulare County, according to forecasters.
The KNP Complex Fire has been burning in California’s Sequoia National Park for nearly a month. So far, it has burned 85,952 acres, is just 11% contained and continues to prompt new evacuation orders.
Farther south, the slightly larger Windy Fire on the Tule River Indian Reservation continues to burn, as firefighters hold containment at 75%. The incident was reported at 97,514 acres Thursday with full containment expected by Oct. 14.
