It's Here.

Well, that should be obvious.  We have an initial band of the storm move through earlier today, giving us rain off and on from about 11AM until 3PM, or so.  We got a 1/4 inch on the westside.  Enough that the Pogonip had rivets and pools of water and muck all over the place.  Kind of magical, that place in the rain.  Then we saw a break, and decent conditions for the afternoon commute.  Unfortunately, some mud slid on 17, backing things up a bit after 4PM.  Its open now, but southbound lanes were closed for a few minutes, but opened soon after.  Could have been worse.  Let's see what happens tonight.  On the radar, this thing looks solid.  Listening to things getting tossed around my deck right now only supports that thesis.  Looking at the gauge, we received .35 inches of rain in the past hour and twenty minutes.  That is some steady rain.

Winds are steady 35 mph out of the south at Long Marine Lab.  Those picked up around 2PM today, but have been gusting the last few hours.  A 50mph gust was recorded around 7:30 this evening.  That is some wind.  We will likely see another half inch or more by sunrise Thursday.  It looks like the worst of this second band is now east of us, but another band is already beginning to show on radar.  We are forecast to see both rain and wind settle a bit after midnight tonight, but we should still see steady rain through the morning hours.  That commute is going to be hairy.  As the morning wears on, we will see the winds and rain become less severe.  Overnight we will see periods of heavy and moderate rain, with perhaps a few breaks.  The rain becomes more sporadic on Thursday.

We could still see some rain in the evening on Thursday, but rain should cease before midnight.  All told, about an inch to inch and half more rain by Friday morning.  While the afternoon commute Thursday won't be as stormy as the morning, we could still see some residual effects.  Friday morning could also see some mud sliding about.  But we will see some sun on Friday.  That will be awesome.

Still looking at a storm brushing us from the north on Sunday for a chance of light showers.  Then we are looking at 10 plus days of fine winter weather.  Sunshine, and light winds.  Hopefully that swell will still be pumping.  Right now the ocean looks brutal.