It’s raining!

[Cuthalion]

We just got a relatively solid hour or two of rain.

[Jeff the Green]

As someone who's experienced multiple monsoon seasons (I once landed ~2 hours before a typhoon hit Hong Kong) and who lives in the UK, you're more than welcome to some of our rain.

Likewise ours. Okay, technically we're in a drought too, but a drought in the Willamette Valley still leaves us a rainforest.

Actually, I was really glad for the overcast we've had today. It had been bright and unseasonably cold, and that's an aspect of weather I don't do well in.

[TheThan]

so it started raining at about 6AM AM or so. and it still is.
So I'm glad.

[Taet]

I am glad Weather West blog put that warning up yesterday. I was going to have been ten miles away on the bike when this started.

[Hbgplayer]

We've sure gotten one heck of a soaker over the last 24 hours! In one city, unofficial measurements reported 1.67 inches in from 0700 yesterday to 0700 this morning. Edit: Holy cow! I just read further down the article and saw that the area around my house got 3 inches!
Yes, we are desperate for the water, but I for one don't want it all in one storm that causes as many problems as this storm seems to be causing. And I would have liked it to pour at a time that I didn't have to work out in the middle of it.

[TheThan]

it sprinkled a little bit today. didn't expect it and was caught outside without my rain hat.

I'm not complaining about any rain, but it would have been nice to have mah hat.

[Cuthalion]

That was a nice storm, and it's supposed to rain more this afternoon. Yay!

[PallElendro]

There's grass growing in my backyard again, at the city limit of Pinole to Hercules, at my school. Feels good, man.

[Jada Masters]

Currently in Manila for a convention and the weather here is not good. I heard it's much worst in other areas but from where I'm staying at dark clouds all day, strong winds and rainfall. Typhoon Ruby is what I see all day in the news.

[Eldan]

First snow of the year. Just a light dusting, really, but it's still been ages since I've seen snow before Christmas.

[PallElendro]

Hercules is getting a massive rain storm today. Had to shut down Contra Costa schools.

[Bulldog Psion]

Looks like the storms are coming ashore there in California like the wrath of Vogan. There's drought relief, and then there's 70 mph winds, mudslides, and deep snows in the mountains ...

[Taet]

Deep snows in the mountains is very good!!!!!!!!!!! The deep snows need to stay there over the winter. Deep snows are saved water for later. The ground is not even full yet. The creeks here look nice but i twas three inches deep maybe int he best parts. There is room for at least a foot more.

But then where is the rain to the mountains yet. It has only rained for half an hour here and this is very flat land.

And Pallendro yes we all kind of forgot what natural green looked like for awhile.

[Hbgplayer]

So people are kayaking downtown in my town.
We need the rain, but this is ridiculous.

[TheThan]

So people are kayaking downtown in my town.
We need the rain, but this is ridiculous.

it's water, so I'm not complaining. Sucks to have your house flooded out though.

Anyway that same storm should eventually hit me (i think tonight) if it doesn't burn itself out flooding everywhere else first.

[Taet]

So people are kayaking downtown in my town.
We need the rain, but this is ridiculous.

Wait.

Is that. Did they sandbag the entrance to the store with bottled water?

[Hbgplayer]

it's water, so I'm not complaining. Sucks to have your house flooded out though.

Anyway that same storm should eventually hit me (i think tonight) if it doesn't burn itself out flooding everywhere else first.

Luckily I live south of town and my house want flooded. It was a good thing my car has 4-wheel drive though.

Wait.

Is that. Did they sandbag the entrance to the store with bottled water?

LOL, yes they did. I'm totally stealing that meme too.

[Cuthalion]

Wait.

Is that. Did they sandbag the entrance to the store with bottled water?

Oh man that's priceless. xD


But yes rain. The canal in town that is normally barely there was apparently two thirds full. There was flooding. All I can say is that I live on a hill.

[sktarq]

Hmmm-a tad messy this morning. Very wet, very needed. This is pretty much what I would expect around here. Waterspout warning, flashflood warning, and fire warnings in the same month.

[Starwulf]

So, the news was reporting on this storm and it said that this one storm has, by itself, reduced Cali's drought by 20%. That's....pretty freaking insane, considering how water starved you all have been.

Also, I hope you all are staying safe, with all the rock/mudslides going on there.

[TheThan]

So, the news was reporting on this storm and it said that this one storm has, by itself, reduced Cali's drought by 20%. That's....pretty freaking insane, considering how water starved you all have been.

Also, I hope you all are staying safe, with all the rock/mudslides going on there.

this storm has dropped more rain than we got all last year.
pretty gonzo.

Fortunately I'm safe and dry siting here typing on my computer.

The forecast said it looks like it's going to drive really far inland before it tires out. Like reaching over the Rockies far. They're also saying there's another one inbound on the heels of this one.

All I can say is that it's amazing to see so much water after nearly two years of dry weather.

[Bulldog Psion]

Let's hope the next one is a couple days out so that the existing rain has time to soak in and get absorbed into the water table, etc. Otherwise, diminishing returns are going to set in fast as more and more runs off.

[sktarq]

Let's hope the next one is a couple days out so that the existing rain has time to soak in and get absorbed into the water table, etc. Otherwise, diminishing returns are going to set in fast as more and more runs off.

As the local streams were either puddles or barely moving this morning I'd say that my area at least was try enough to have already absorbed it.

[Bulldog Psion]

As the local streams were either puddles or barely moving this morning I'd say that my area at least was try enough to have already absorbed it.

Wow. That is rather alarming.

[Scarlet Knight]

My prayers are with you Californians.

For 25 years my house stayed dry and rain was soothing to me. Then came Irene & Sandy and now I am paranoid about storms and can't sleep.

[TheThan]

Wow. That is rather alarming.

the ground is so dry it's like a sponge, just waiting for some water to suck up.

My prayers are with you Californians.

For 25 years my house stayed dry and rain was soothing to me. Then came Irene & Sandy and now I am paranoid about storms and can't sleep.

Thanks this state needs it.

It’s hard for me to imagine the sort of flooding you see on the news, houses being swept away and flooded to the rafters with water. It’s just amazing to me.

[Bulldog Psion]

Great zigzagging zeuglodons -- it looks like you chaps out there got a tornado in Los Angeles!

It's a mild, small one by Midwestern standards, of course, but it looks like it was enough to take off a roof or two and damage about 5 homes when it struck, according to the news.

That's pretty startling. From what I understood, earthquakes are a hazard in California, but tornadoes are pretty much unknown. I'd imagine dust devils are plentiful in Death Valley, but an honest-to-Pelor tornado must be a super-extraordinary event.

[sktarq]

Great zigzagging zeuglodons -- it looks like you chaps out there got a tornado in Los Angeles!

It's a mild, small one by Midwestern standards, of course, but it looks like it was enough to take off a roof or two and damage about 5 homes when it struck, according to the news.

That's pretty startling. From what I understood, earthquakes are a hazard in California, but tornadoes are pretty much unknown. I'd imagine dust devils are plentiful in Death Valley, but an honest-to-Pelor tornado must be a super-extraordinary event.

Not really. In my part of the state we get Waterspout in channel (between the mainland and offshore islands). We get a fair number in the central valley. . . Not as bad as tornado alley but are a decent part of the building code. When I worked for an architect I was rather astonished to find that tornado planning regulations were more strict here than nebraska at the time. One in the LA basin is rather odd though-but happens every few years.

[PallElendro]

It's been raining every evening in Contra Costa. Puts me right to sleep, but holy crap, the grass is greener on every side.

[Bulldog Psion]

According to analysis of ground surface changes and gravitational data from satellites, NASA says that 11 trillion more gallons of water are needed to break the drought -- so this is a good start, but it'll take years of heavy rainstorms to complete the process.

(The reason I'm interested in this even though I don't live there is that 1. I'm interested in meteorology only a little less than geography, history, and paleontology, and 2. I was thinking of trying to move to CA at some point.)