Well, It Rains.

Hello.  I apologize for the lapse over the holiday.  We escaped to Kirkwood.  Made Pho as the family skied.  Hiked a bit and relaxed.  The next day returned to the ski boot.  Made a few runs.  A few more the next day.  The following I was finally able to hang with my kid and make some laps.  Felt good.  Snow is thin, but totally manageable.  Nice groomer skiing.  Given the healing ankle, I did not venture much off piste, but many areas looked fun.  And others hellish.  But the skiing was fun given the incredibly slow start to the snow season.  Kirkwood does have that high elevation base advantage right now.  Last night they received two inches.   In fact, snow fell down as low as 7000 feet.  It was much cooler than expected.  The snow lovers rejoice.  Every inch is needed at this point.  Luckily, it looks like more is on the way.  The west side saw at least a half inch of rain last night.  Had I posted a forecast, it would have been for a quarter inch.  So this storm much exceeded expectations.  A good trend.  Looks like more rain is on the way.

Surf has been fun.  More to come.  I might even get back out soon.  Kind of got clearance.

It was in the low to mid 60s today.  A heavy fog set in late in the day.  More rain could come tonight into tomorrow. A little cooler tonight with lows dropping into the 40s.  We could see a few tenths of an inch, perhaps up to a half inch through the day Friday.  Nothing drastic.  Nor the winds.  In fact today was quite calm.  Southerly winds perhaps up to 15 MPH.  Low 60s on Friday.  Then some clearing, into the weekend.  Friday night we could see some rain, but the bulk of the system will be to our east.  Mild temps persist over the weekend, but we will see some sun.  By Monday we are looking at another, larger, wetter, colder storm.

As it looks now, we could see rain move ashore around mid day.  Fiercely.  Strong winds and heavy rains.  The storm should flesh out into a full on rage Tuesday morning, mellowing little through the day.  By Wednesday morning, much of the action will be south or east of us.  It looks like a inch of rain in town, with more in the mountains.   Clearing through Thursday an through at least MLK Day.  As it stands now.  With more storms that following week.  Perhaps winter might show up after all.