Region update - California

A lot can change in 1.5 months.  Although rainfall and water supplies are still below average for the year, a suite of late winter storms during March has bolstered reservoir supplies in California. For example, http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/resapp/resDetailOrig.action?resid=FOL
Fields are verdant again, the air clear, and views of snow-capped Sierras spectacular. 

And emerging on the horizon is the seemingly increasing likelihood of a much wetter winter 2014/15.
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/figure6.gif