2022-2023 California and Southwest Weather Thread

[Anti Marine Layer]

John Wayne Airport only has ... gasp ... 0.06" so far.

[Thunder98]

14 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

John Wayne Airport only has ... gasp ... 0.06" so far.

Hahahahahahaha!

[Anti Marine Layer]

Eureka got cheated by this storm too.

[Front Ranger]

My sister in Fresno says there is a lot of standing water in fields around that metro area.

[Thunder98]

Seems like I'm mostly done with this gully washer of a storm! I have received a whopping 4.09" of rain since 1am yesterday! For the month so far I'm at 6.04"! I predicted that I would see 7-8" of rain for the month and looks like I could even exceed that by next weekend!

[Reg]

0.24” here in Murrieta so far. Just lots of light rain.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Starting again 

[Front Ranger]

2 hours ago, Thunder98 said:

Seems like I'm mostly done with this gully washer of a storm! I have received a whopping 4.09" of rain since 1am yesterday! For the month so far I'm at 6.04"! I predicted that I would see 7-8" of rain for the month and looks like I could even exceed that by next weekend!

Models keep extending the storm train.

[Thunder98]

There's a massive sinkhole close to where I live! 

 

[Reg]

Heavier rain just started here.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Part 2 should hit soon.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Here comes the heavy rain.

[Anti Marine Layer]

DELUGE!!

[Anti Marine Layer]

Died down quickly, but it's picking up again.

[DeltaBreeze]

Only 1.2in of rain we got out of this storm yesterday in Sacramento. Seems like it went more south than originally anticipated. New years storm brought us 3 inches but the ground is so saturated, even the 1.2in made everything flood again. Also had a strong line of thunderstorms come through last night at 3:30am. Not very often you wake up to flashing and rumbling. 

[Reg]

Just got back home. Drove in the middle of an absolute deluge of rain and ferocious wind, had to pull over into a parking lot for a few minutes because I could not see the road. 0.73" here now, light rain still continuing. Lots of minor street flooding.

[NWbyNW]

The rain comes again later today but it's moving back to the northern part of the state.  Strong gusts expected again.  

There were actually two tornado warnings around Modesto and Stockton (I may be wrong, I saw it in passing).  I can't check right now since I am not able to. 

 

Highway 101 near Gilroy.

[Thunder98]

 

Santa Ana's are forecasted in the LA and Ventura area on Thursday.

[Anti Marine Layer]

3 minutes ago, Thunder98 said:

 

Santa Ana's are forecasted in the LA and Ventura area on Thursday.

Red Flag Warning

[Anti Marine Layer]

Main rain has ended.

[Anti Marine Layer]

John Wayne Airport 

Broken rain gauge

Call tech support 

To end this rage

[Anti Marine Layer]

It's chilly out there

[NWbyNW]

Some rain coming, lots of lightning activity today.  More snow for the Sierra's.  

[Thunder98]

My 2 day storm total is 4.09"! I really wanted it to be 4.20". This has been a extremely great water year so far! So many storms have been hitting us hard this season and its awesome!

Season to date rainfall totals since Sept 1st for Orcutt.

MO | Act rainfall | Avg rainfall | % of avg
Sept: 2.17" | 0.16" | 1,365%
Oct: 0.03" | 0.58" | 5%
Nov: 1.03" | 1.32" | 78%
Dec: 5.61" | 2.17" | 256%
*Jan: 6.04" | 2.69" | 225%

*Overall total: 14.89"

Water Year Avg is 13.49"

[DeltaBreeze]

8 hours ago, NWbyNW said:

The rain comes again later today but it's moving back to the northern part of the state.  Strong gusts expected again.  

There were actually two tornado warnings around Modesto and Stockton (I may be wrong, I saw it in passing).  I can't check right now since I am not able to. 

 

Highway 101 near Gilroy.

Yes, I worked over night last night down by Stockton and there were tornado warning right as that line of thunderstorms moved through around 4am. Not sure if anything actually touched down. Lots of little isolated pockets of rain and wind today. Pretty unsettled air. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Strange to see that some places in Northern California had more rain at this time last year.

https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/awipsProducts/RNORR4RSA.php

Climate Station Precipitation Summary SRUS56 KRSA 110200 RR4RSA CLIMATE STATION PRECIPITATION SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE / CALIFORNIA NEVADA RFC / SACRAMENTO CA 600 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2023 WARNING!! THIS PRODUCT IS AUTOMATED AND UPDATED ONCE PER DAY THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS PRELIMINARY CLIMATE DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION THIS PRODUCT RELIES ON PRECIPITATION DATA ISSUED BY LOCAL NWS OFFICES DATA REPRESENT PRECIPITATION (INCHES) ENDING AT 400 PM PST ON 01/10/2023 SINCE OCT 01- OCT 01- OCT 01- OCT 01- MIDNITE JAN 10 JAN 10 JAN 10 SEP 30 CLIMATE STATION TOTAL 2023 PON 2022 PON NORMAL NORMAL ------------------------- ------- ------------ ------------ ------- ------- ...NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... MEDFORD OR T 6.78 81 8.52 102 8.36 18.43 KLAMATH FALLS OR T 4.89 110 3.94 89 4.43 11.14 CRESCENT CITY 0.30 20.99 80 25.30 96 26.34 57.98 EUREKA 0.53 18.15 103 15.90 90 17.60 40.40 UKIAH 0.79 20.95 143 15.26 104 14.69 34.84 MONTAGUE / SISKIYOU 0.03 3.84 78 3.13 63 4.94 11.99 ALTURAS 0.03 5.66 142 3.82 96 3.98 11.68 MOUNT SHASTA CITY 0.82 19.78 137 14.31 99 14.40 42.63 REDDING 0.66 16.27 119 14.77 108 13.71 33.52 RED BLUFF 0.43 12.29 131 10.32 110 9.37 23.12 SACRAMENTO EXEC AIRPORT M 11.30 159 14.42 203 7.12 18.14 SACRAMENTO - CSUS 0.24 15.40 206 14.49 194 7.47 19.20 BLUE CANYON AIRPORT* 1.21 41.53 167 45.00 181 24.89 62.44 SOUTH LAKE TAHOE 0.77 19.35 247 15.67 200 7.84 20.46 SANTA ROSA 0.51 19.25 134 22.06 154 14.34 33.78 SAN FRANCISCO 1.21 17.69 182 16.84 173 9.74 22.89 SFO INT'L AIRPORT 0.28 16.49 199 16.70 202 8.27 19.64 OAKLAND AIRPORT 0.37 17.56 221 15.27 192 7.96 18.68 LIVERMORE 0.40 13.16 213 10.80 174 6.19 15.18 SAN JOSE INT'L AIRPORT 0.41 7.05 140 6.64 132 5.03 13.48 ...CENTRAL CALIFORNIA... STOCKTON 0.31 12.58 235 8.21 153 5.36 13.45 MODESTO 0.32 10.83 232 8.15 175 4.67 12.27 MERCED 0.42 10.77 249 5.82 134 4.33 11.80 MADERA 0.11 4.09 106 1.52 39 3.85 10.79 FRESNO 0.13 8.23 208 5.21 132 3.95 10.99 HANFORD 0.15 6.06 200 4.60 152 3.03 8.13 BAKERSFIELD 0.12 3.53 154 3.55 155 2.29 6.36 BISHOP 1.04 7.84 451 4.50 259 1.74 4.84 DEATH VALLEY NP M 0.25 43 M M 0.58 2.20 SALINAS 0.23 7.72 161 6.11 128 4.79 12.58 PASO ROBLES M 9.77 227 7.12 166 4.30 12.15 SANTA MARIA 0.11 11.59 251 6.10 132 4.62 13.32 ...SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA... SANDBERG 0.54 10.19 236 5.60 130 4.31 13.14 PALMDALE 0.05 2.58 117 2.53 114 2.21 5.90 LANCASTER M 3.14 135 2.89 124 2.33 6.81 SANTA BARBARA 0.33 13.09 209 8.83 141 6.25 17.25 CAMARILLO 0.32 8.61 213 9.73 240 4.05 12.01 BURBANK - BOB HOPE 1.15 10.52 245 7.89 184 4.29 13.91 LAX INT'L AIRPORT 0.65 8.28 182 8.70 191 4.55 12.23 LOS ANGELES / USC 1.31 10.09 202 10.17 204 4.99 14.25 LONG BEACH 0.93 7.57 172 6.13 139 4.40 12.02 FULLERTON 0.99 8.19 203 5.43 135 4.03 11.86 IRVINE - JOHN WAYNE M 5.50 129 5.58 131 4.27 11.18 OCEANSIDE 0.60 5.95 137 5.27 121 4.34 11.86 RAMONA 0.56 7.60 153 5.60 113 4.97 14.65 SAN DIEGO - MONTGOMERY 0.34 4.87 125 4.02 103 3.90 11.02 SAN DIEGO INT'L AIRPORT 0.20 4.57 125 3.59 98 3.65 9.79 SAN DIEGO - BROWN 0.09 5.40 145 4.40 118 3.72 10.23 ONTARIO 0.94 8.14 204 7.62 191 3.99 11.64 RIVERSIDE 0.23 4.52 139 4.04 124 3.25 9.39 PALM SPRINGS 0.03 1.03 67 1.38 90 1.53 4.61 THERMAL T 0.77 85 0.14 15 0.91 2.96 BARSTOW - DAGGETT 0.26 1.19 89 1.01 75 1.34 3.77 NEEDLES T 0.64 52 0.39 31 1.24 4.32 ...NEVADA... RENO 0.25 7.21 271 6.25 235 2.66 7.35 WINNEMUCCA 0.09 3.86 140 5.45 197 2.76 8.28 ELKO 0.42 6.55 203 4.48 139 3.22 9.99 EUREKA NV 0.21 5.62 251 3.27 146 2.24 9.10 ELY 0.45 5.91 253 3.99 171 2.34 9.41 TONOPAH 0.06 1.36 130 1.29 123 1.05 4.79 DESERT ROCK - MERCURY 0.54 1.64 109 1.48 98 1.51 5.22 NORTH LAS VEGAS 0.13 0.68 52 0.06 5 1.30 3.99 LAS VEGAS - HARRY REID 0.11 0.60 47 0.36 28 1.27 4.18 KINGMAN AZ 0.00 2.31 99 2.60 112 2.33 8.00 YUMA AZ 0.00 0.16 17 0.31 34 0.92 3.28 PHOENIX AZ - SKY HARBOR 0.00 3.54 163 1.92 88 2.17 7.22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PON IS THE PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR THE PERIOD NORMALS ARE 1991-2020 AVERAGES TRACE AMOUNTS ARE LISTED AS 'T' MISSING DATA ARE LISTED AS 'M' LOCATIONS WITH A 0.00 INCH NORMAL-TO-DATE WILL SHOW A 'N/A' FOR PON BLUE CANYON IS NOT AN OFFICIAL CLIMATE STATION. DATA IS RAW AND UNCHECKED VISIT US ON THE WEB AT https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov

[Front Ranger]

11 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Strange to see that some places in Northern California had more rain at this time last year.

https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/awipsProducts/RNORR4RSA.php

Climate Station Precipitation Summary SRUS56 KRSA 110200 RR4RSA CLIMATE STATION PRECIPITATION SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE / CALIFORNIA NEVADA RFC / SACRAMENTO CA 600 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2023 WARNING!! THIS PRODUCT IS AUTOMATED AND UPDATED ONCE PER DAY THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS PRELIMINARY CLIMATE DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION THIS PRODUCT RELIES ON PRECIPITATION DATA ISSUED BY LOCAL NWS OFFICES DATA REPRESENT PRECIPITATION (INCHES) ENDING AT 400 PM PST ON 01/10/2023 SINCE OCT 01- OCT 01- OCT 01- OCT 01- MIDNITE JAN 10 JAN 10 JAN 10 SEP 30 CLIMATE STATION TOTAL 2023 PON 2022 PON NORMAL NORMAL ------------------------- ------- ------------ ------------ ------- ------- ...NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... MEDFORD OR T 6.78 81 8.52 102 8.36 18.43 KLAMATH FALLS OR T 4.89 110 3.94 89 4.43 11.14 CRESCENT CITY 0.30 20.99 80 25.30 96 26.34 57.98 EUREKA 0.53 18.15 103 15.90 90 17.60 40.40 UKIAH 0.79 20.95 143 15.26 104 14.69 34.84 MONTAGUE / SISKIYOU 0.03 3.84 78 3.13 63 4.94 11.99 ALTURAS 0.03 5.66 142 3.82 96 3.98 11.68 MOUNT SHASTA CITY 0.82 19.78 137 14.31 99 14.40 42.63 REDDING 0.66 16.27 119 14.77 108 13.71 33.52 RED BLUFF 0.43 12.29 131 10.32 110 9.37 23.12 SACRAMENTO EXEC AIRPORT M 11.30 159 14.42 203 7.12 18.14 SACRAMENTO - CSUS 0.24 15.40 206 14.49 194 7.47 19.20 BLUE CANYON AIRPORT* 1.21 41.53 167 45.00 181 24.89 62.44 SOUTH LAKE TAHOE 0.77 19.35 247 15.67 200 7.84 20.46 SANTA ROSA 0.51 19.25 134 22.06 154 14.34 33.78 SAN FRANCISCO 1.21 17.69 182 16.84 173 9.74 22.89 SFO INT'L AIRPORT 0.28 16.49 199 16.70 202 8.27 19.64 OAKLAND AIRPORT 0.37 17.56 221 15.27 192 7.96 18.68 LIVERMORE 0.40 13.16 213 10.80 174 6.19 15.18 SAN JOSE INT'L AIRPORT 0.41 7.05 140 6.64 132 5.03 13.48 ...CENTRAL CALIFORNIA... STOCKTON 0.31 12.58 235 8.21 153 5.36 13.45 MODESTO 0.32 10.83 232 8.15 175 4.67 12.27 MERCED 0.42 10.77 249 5.82 134 4.33 11.80 MADERA 0.11 4.09 106 1.52 39 3.85 10.79 FRESNO 0.13 8.23 208 5.21 132 3.95 10.99 HANFORD 0.15 6.06 200 4.60 152 3.03 8.13 BAKERSFIELD 0.12 3.53 154 3.55 155 2.29 6.36 BISHOP 1.04 7.84 451 4.50 259 1.74 4.84 DEATH VALLEY NP M 0.25 43 M M 0.58 2.20 SALINAS 0.23 7.72 161 6.11 128 4.79 12.58 PASO ROBLES M 9.77 227 7.12 166 4.30 12.15 SANTA MARIA 0.11 11.59 251 6.10 132 4.62 13.32 ...SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA... SANDBERG 0.54 10.19 236 5.60 130 4.31 13.14 PALMDALE 0.05 2.58 117 2.53 114 2.21 5.90 LANCASTER M 3.14 135 2.89 124 2.33 6.81 SANTA BARBARA 0.33 13.09 209 8.83 141 6.25 17.25 CAMARILLO 0.32 8.61 213 9.73 240 4.05 12.01 BURBANK - BOB HOPE 1.15 10.52 245 7.89 184 4.29 13.91 LAX INT'L AIRPORT 0.65 8.28 182 8.70 191 4.55 12.23 LOS ANGELES / USC 1.31 10.09 202 10.17 204 4.99 14.25 LONG BEACH 0.93 7.57 172 6.13 139 4.40 12.02 FULLERTON 0.99 8.19 203 5.43 135 4.03 11.86 IRVINE - JOHN WAYNE M 5.50 129 5.58 131 4.27 11.18 OCEANSIDE 0.60 5.95 137 5.27 121 4.34 11.86 RAMONA 0.56 7.60 153 5.60 113 4.97 14.65 SAN DIEGO - MONTGOMERY 0.34 4.87 125 4.02 103 3.90 11.02 SAN DIEGO INT'L AIRPORT 0.20 4.57 125 3.59 98 3.65 9.79 SAN DIEGO - BROWN 0.09 5.40 145 4.40 118 3.72 10.23 ONTARIO 0.94 8.14 204 7.62 191 3.99 11.64 RIVERSIDE 0.23 4.52 139 4.04 124 3.25 9.39 PALM SPRINGS 0.03 1.03 67 1.38 90 1.53 4.61 THERMAL T 0.77 85 0.14 15 0.91 2.96 BARSTOW - DAGGETT 0.26 1.19 89 1.01 75 1.34 3.77 NEEDLES T 0.64 52 0.39 31 1.24 4.32 ...NEVADA... RENO 0.25 7.21 271 6.25 235 2.66 7.35 WINNEMUCCA 0.09 3.86 140 5.45 197 2.76 8.28 ELKO 0.42 6.55 203 4.48 139 3.22 9.99 EUREKA NV 0.21 5.62 251 3.27 146 2.24 9.10 ELY 0.45 5.91 253 3.99 171 2.34 9.41 TONOPAH 0.06 1.36 130 1.29 123 1.05 4.79 DESERT ROCK - MERCURY 0.54 1.64 109 1.48 98 1.51 5.22 NORTH LAS VEGAS 0.13 0.68 52 0.06 5 1.30 3.99 LAS VEGAS - HARRY REID 0.11 0.60 47 0.36 28 1.27 4.18 KINGMAN AZ 0.00 2.31 99 2.60 112 2.33 8.00 YUMA AZ 0.00 0.16 17 0.31 34 0.92 3.28 PHOENIX AZ - SKY HARBOR 0.00 3.54 163 1.92 88 2.17 7.22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PON IS THE PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR THE PERIOD NORMALS ARE 1991-2020 AVERAGES TRACE AMOUNTS ARE LISTED AS 'T' MISSING DATA ARE LISTED AS 'M' LOCATIONS WITH A 0.00 INCH NORMAL-TO-DATE WILL SHOW A 'N/A' FOR PON BLUE CANYON IS NOT AN OFFICIAL CLIMATE STATION. DATA IS RAW AND UNCHECKED VISIT US ON THE WEB AT https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov

Yeah, but last water year most of it hadn't fallen in a 2 week period like the past couple weeks this year. Oct/Nov was much wetter in 2021 for northern CA.

[NWbyNW]

Here it comes! Another series of weak to moderate rain events will stream toward the coast starting Wednesday, allowing for more thundershowers, rain squalls, and gusty winds across much of Northern California. Marin, Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties, should see light to moderate rain and brief thundershowers.  Wainfall totals could reach an inch and a half in these counties. 

Santa Cruz won't see nearly as much rain and wind as the past few storms.  In fact, much of the Bay Area outside of the North Bay will just a few hundredths to half an inch of rain on Wednesday. 

The next round of rain, which should be heavier and stronger, will come Friday, but is on track to hit Eureka and Mendocino County.  It will also roll into Oregon.  

As things shift over in Japan, it will change the angle the jet stream points and push future storms into Washington and Oregon after this weekend.  So the storms may be done for California for a bit after this weekend. 

 

[NWbyNW]

This is really sad.  17 deaths already.

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Still a lot of clouds with another storm up north

 

[Thunder98]

Long range looks cold and dry

[NWbyNW]

The water storage levels are looking so much better!  We just need some more soakings to get things truly normal.  This is promising. Data

[DeltaBreeze]

Really just misting rain here today, weather station recorded a mere 0.1in so far. Pretty windy though but nothing like the wind storm from last weekend. Kinda glad there's not too much rain, my backyard had some time to drain the standing water. 

[DeltaBreeze]

50 minutes ago, NWbyNW said:

The water storage levels are looking so much better!  We just need some more soakings to get things truly normal.  This is promising. Data

Are they draining certain reservoirs to fill other's downstream? Casitas is completely empty, and Oroville keeps changing. You think its just in anticipation for flooding or are they shifting around water for better long term storage? 

[Front Ranger]

33 minutes ago, DeltaBreeze said:

Really just misting rain here today, weather station recorded a mere 0.1in so far. Pretty windy though but nothing like the wind storm from last weekend. Kinda glad there's not too much rain, my backyard had some time to drain the standing water. 

Crazy how much rain some of the areas in the foothills near Sacramento have already gotten this month. Grass Valley is over a foot now!

[NWbyNW]

1 hour ago, DeltaBreeze said:

Are they draining certain reservoirs to fill other's downstream? Casitas is completely empty, and Oroville keeps changing. You think its just in anticipation for flooding or are they shifting around water for better long term storage? 

 

24 minutes ago, Chris said:

How does Casitas have an average of -1%?  

Yes, they are draining reservoirs despite saying they don't have enough water.  This is in anticipation of flooding, even though after a few days, it doesn't appear the rain will be coming for a bit.  I don't know why they aren't storing as much as they possibly can in reservoirs, tanks, etc.  

I think the Casitas stat is an error on their end.  I didn't question it, so hopefully it will be correct by tomorrow. 

[Front Ranger]

17 minutes ago, NWbyNW said:

 

Yes, they are draining reservoirs despite saying they don't have enough water.  This is in anticipation of flooding, even though after a few days, it doesn't appear the rain will be coming for a bit.  I don't know why they aren't storing as much as they possibly can in reservoirs, tanks, etc.  

I think the Casitas stat is an error on their end.  I didn't question it, so hopefully it will be correct by tomorrow. 

GFS says there's still quite a bit more to come for northern CA and the mountains over the next 5 days.

[NWbyNW]

2 hours ago, Front Ranger said:

GFS says there's still quite a bit more to come for northern CA and the mountains over the next 5 days.

That's right.  Which is why I've been saying 'after this weekend' in all my posts the past several days.  

[NWbyNW]

Onshore flow and rain will hit Northern California again into Thursday, Friday,Saturday, and another final batch on Sunday/Monday.  After that, it looks like it finally clears up for a bit with no heavy rains, but scattered showers possible.  The jet stream then aims towards Washington and Oregon. There is an intensifying storm system that may produce isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms across parts of the south on Thursday.  Southern California will also get in on the rain action again as well.  The entirety of California will get wet sometime between now and Monday.  Even possibly Death Valley!  lol! 

[Reg]

My total for yesterday was 0.84”.