Grey Sky.

Last night was underwhelming and very welcome by myself.  Still have a number of projects under way that are not yet ready for winter.  Having had a broken ankle for nearly two months sure did slow me down on my seasonal wrap up.  Anyway, just a hair over a tenth of an inch on the Western Drive this morning.  Falling over two hours but mostly from 1 to 2AM, and again from 3:50 to 4:20 this morning.  Very light rain folks.  OTOH, it rained up on, and over the other side of the mountains.  A rain gauge at Love Creek, near Ben Lomond has recorded almost two inches since 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon.  Almost half an inch at Saratoga Hills, and still raining lightly this morning.

A small, but solid cell is running across the Santa Cruz mountains just north of town and Highway 17.  Expect some of those streams and creeks be moving through today.  No real flooding, but perhaps some moving water.  The cell is moving north west, parallel to the highway.  If another comes ashore ten miles south, we could see some burst of showers or even a heavy squall.  Another, larger, but weaker, more dispersed cell is moving into the Tahoe area.  Maybe some light, upper mountain snow.  

It was cool last night, warming past 50F just before 9AM this morning.  Slate grey out there now with that rain just to our north.  Cool, in the low 50s.  It should warm up to the low 60s today.  Clouds hang around.  I don't see much evidence of much of a chance of rain by late afternoon.  Of course, a small piece of the larger system well to our north could always break away and send a bit of showers our way.  Cool night time temps in the upper 40s.  Low 60s by day.  Clearing on Friday, but still clouds and some chance for a wrap around shower.  Partly to mostly sunny for the weekend, with another chance for showers Monday night.

It will be a brief period for a chance of rain.  Some warming on the sunnier days.  Will look at the long term over this weekend.  Worth getting out today and playing around.