On 12/14/2014 6:23 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
Just wait until you see what arrives on Tuesday. It's going to
rain here in Phoenix from
Tuesday until Friday, then there's a strong storm arriving next
weekend.
... California is in for an extreme soaking this week, with San
Francisco receiving as much as 1.50". As though things there were not
bad enough.
Your numbers make no sense to me. "The 3.4 inches that fell in downtown
San Francisco registered as the 11th wettest day in the city dating back
to 1849, according to Jan Null of Golden Gate Weather Services.
<http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_27123422/storm-delivers-impressive-rain-totals-bay-area>"
<http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_27123422/storm-delivers-impressive-rain-totals-bay-area>
That makes 1.5" over a few days sound pretty moderate, no? We were in W
Marin and SW Sonoma this weekend. It's glorious to see the hills and
fields turning vivid greens. Cattle that were wandering blasted fields
and eating imported hay are now feasting on fresh grass.
Thursday's storm was indeed intense and, as usual, several roads in that
area were flooded. By early afternoon today most were open. These are
all roads that flood regularly in wet winters - nothing new. SF, on the
other hand, is a hilly city surrounded by ocean on three sides, and gets
little flooding even in such very heavy rain. Same thing here we are,
the water runs down hill to the bay.
Rainy Day Moose