Had some heavy rain along with thunder and lightning here in Orange tonight over the last 45 minutes or so. It has now lightened up as the squall line has moved south and east of the area and the lightning has diminished as well. This is the second night in a row in which I have seen lightning here, which is quite rare around these parts!
It is forecast to snow in Denver tomorrow, so that game may yet be at least somewhat of a snow bowl! Forecast snow accumulations are up to 1" for the area.
I think the mild nights so far this season, along with the lack of strong Santa Ana winds to date have kept the leaves on deciduous trees longer than normal.
I think the storm stalled for a bit late last night, delaying its arrival into Orange County and points further south. The upslope areas of the Transverse ranges really got a lot of rain due to the flow being almost perpendicular to the mountains.
What's up with all this "weenie" stuff on here as of late, as some members are in the "Weenie Club" or others are being labeled as "Costco Weenies", etc?
It has been raining here in Orange for a good part of the day, heavy at times, and there are still off and on showers occurring this evening as well, with one quick downpour about 10-15 minutes ago.
I would hate to live somewhere where it is almost completely dark all the time for a certain portion of the year. Fortunately, Socal does NOT fall into that category!
Has either snow_wizard (Jim) or Phil been banned from this site for some reason, or has it just been that the weather hasn't been interesting enough or some other reason they haven't posted as of late?
3.01" fell here in Orange from Thursday night to late tonight, bringing my backyard season to date total to 4.90" (July 1 - June 30) and 4.78" (October 1 - September 30).
With all the heavy rain in Orange and Orange County this morning, along with the October storm and yesterday's rainfall, I think fire season is over for this fall / winter season!