OCT. 20, 2016: California Today: The Drought Isn’t Going Away. What You Can Do.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/us/california-today-drought.html

JAN. 13, 2017: California Today: Is the Drought Over?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/us/california-today-storms-drought.html

APRIL 7, 2017: California, Drenched by Winter Rain, Is Told ‘Drought’s Over’
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/us/california-drought.html

Let's face it, nobody can accurately predict the weather. It's basically a 50-50 shot. Either it will be hotter than normal or it will be colder than normal. Either it will be wetter than normal or it will be dryer than normal. So the "Forecasters" will likely be right about half the time and wrong the other half. Which means anyone can do an equally good job of forecasting the weather.