Will there be a 'superbloom' in California this year?

FILE - Eli Karp walks in a field of blooming poppies near the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve in Lancaster, California, April 10, 2023. So far, this year's flowers haven't been as vibrant as those that took over swaths of California last spring.

Carpets of yellow, orange and gold flowers are beginning to cover southern California's vast deserts, the Bay Area's dramatic bluffs, and even near Los Angeles International Airport.