2019 California and Southwest Weather Discussion Thread

[Reg]

Rain has calmed down significantly but still flares up every few minutes or so. 1.45" now.

[Anti Marine Layer]

0.42" just fell in an hour in San Diego

[Thunder98]

Recieved 1.64" of rain for entire storm. Had some overnight showers boasting the rain totals here.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Cold front hit Phoenix around 4 AM, dropping temperatures by 10 degrees and bringing heavy rain, thunder, and even tornado warnings.

 

Looks like one more day of showers here, but hopefully some nice dry periods in between. If Wednesday was the appetizers and yesterday was the main course, today could be considered the dessert. And then hopefully the clouds will clear out enough to get a good view of all the leftovers in snow.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Another rain shower moving through.

[Anti Marine Layer]

The sun is out and it's chilly. Unfortunately clouds still block the Santa Ana mountains.

[Reg]

Clouds are preventing me from seeing how low the snow level dropped this morning. 0.12" since midnight, with the last shower falling just after 9 AM. I have a combined total of 1.96" since Wednesday morning.

[Reg]

Just had another brief shower (still ongoing actually but very light), but not enough to add to today's total.

 

Edit: Nevermind, it's getting heavier.

[Reg]

Rain shower ended and the sun is out now. 47F and sunshine, not often I can say that.

 

I keep waiting for a good opportunity to replace the valve cover gasket in my Honda today but it won't stay sunny or dry long enough (and I don't have a garage or sheltered area to work in).

[Anti Marine Layer]

Getting windy with more rain showers threatening to hit us soon.

[Reg]

Still getting some on/off light showers despite periods of sunshine. I'm holding these mean-looking clouds responsible:

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I see Flagstaff has picked up 14.4" of snow so far today.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Beautiful rainbow this afternoon.

[Anti Marine Layer]

It's possible this Thanksgiving may be the coldest day of the entire upcoming winter season here.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Yet another heavy rain shower. This thing has no end.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Latest rain gets us to 2.02" so far for this storm and it's still going.

[Reg]

I'm surprised to see us still getting the occasional shower this late into the day. I think it was the same shower I was tracking on radar over Orange County an hour ago (and probably the same one Mr Marine Layer reported around 9:30), as it moved east over the Santa Ana Mountains towards me.

 

0.14" for the day and 1.98" total.

[Reg]

Another shower rolled through 20 minutes ago, so now 0.01" since midnight.

[Thunder98]

The weather forecast looks wetter than yesterday.

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

The weather forecast looks wetter than yesterday.

 

Looks like Seattle.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Grand total for the storm in Lake Forest is 2.06".

[Thunder98]

It's starting to rain already. 2 to 3 hours earlier than expected. I think this storm is going to overperform over here

[Reg]

Already becoming overcast this morning as another low pressure system takes aim at California. Strange to me that the NWS is really downplaying it and barely mentioning it at all, even though it already seems to be making a racket along the central California coast and looks impressive on radar.

[Reg]

"Downplaying?"  Howya figger?  NWS LA front page headline:

 

 

I was reading the NWS San Diego page. They updated it again this morning but again with barely any mention of the low, I suppose they are expecting any action to remain well north of San Diego. Being between L.A. and San Diego, I'm not sure how this one will affect my area.

[Thunder98]

Steady Light rain in Orcutt. Up to 0.02"

[Reg]

Seems like the models are consistently showing the activity to stay north of Point Conception until late Tuesday, and then only a glancing blow to areas south of LA.

 

Interesting to see the NWS erring on the side of caution this time, usually they're more optimistic about these kinds of events in recent years (only to be disappointed frequently). Maybe their new staff are learning.

 

High Point (Palomar Mountain) southeast of me looking well-powdered this morning:

 

 

And Santiago Peak (Saddleback Mountain) for Mr Marine Layer:

 

[Thunder98]

Seems like the models are consistently showing the activity to stay north of Point Conception until late Tuesday, and then only a glancing blow to areas south of LA.

It looks like the AR is further South than expected.

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Let's keep that atmospheric river to the north for a while. I don't want to see all of that snow melt so fast.

 

[Thunder98]

The rain forecast today and next week keeps going up.

 

[Thunder98]

0.38” and counting in Orcutt. This storm is overperforming. While in Slo 0.20” so far has fallen

[Reg]

Barely saw any sunshine today, its been completely cloudy and dark since about noon. Glad I took advantage of the partly clear skies this morning to replace my car's valve cover gasket when I did.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Had a few sprinkles here. Low clouds have completely cleared away from Saddleback mountain, but have been replaced by thick high clouds.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Barely saw any sunshine today, its been completely cloudy and dark since about noon. Glad I took advantage of the partly clear skies this morning to replace my car's valve cover gasket when I did.

Can you see any snow on the Santa Ana mountains from your location?

[Anti Marine Layer]

One more picture from about 4 PM today.

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

LAX has picked up an amazing T" from this second storm so far.

[Thunder98]

Even more rain coming!

 

[Reg]

Can you see any snow on the Santa Ana mountains from your location?

 

Only a little bit from here, to the north. Not enough for a good picture though, I'd have to drive to a higher point in the valley for a better view.

[Thunder98]

Will this patch of light rain make it to the San Diego Coast?

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Will this patch of light rain make it to the San Diego Coast?

 

Looks like it just fizzled out.

[Reg]

Looks like it just fizzled out.

 

San Clemente Island has anti-rain properties.