Wow.

Tuesday's system is way over producing.  Even this morning's models were suggesting no more than an inch of rain for today.  As of 6PM, we are at 2.39 inches of rain on the westside.  I doubled checked everything this morning, when we were at a quarter inch of rain as of 7AM this morning.  But, wow.  The rain was really coming down between 2PM and 3:30PM today.  King Street was swamped.  All my drains were rushing.  Felt like a real winter storm.  Things have slowed down, but it is still raining.  Not surprised by that nearly as much as the amounts.  This will catapult us up to average for the month and get us close to average for the water year.  Good stuff.

The heaviest precipitations now to our east.  The wind is still blowing out there.  Picking up in town.  The yacht harbor is blowing from the SSW at 29mph, gusting to 40mph over the last few hours.  The Monterey Bay Buoy has been dropping from over the last few hours from 34mph down to 22mph.  Anyway, still breezy.  Should subside overnight, and we could have a pleasant enough morning on Wednesday.  It will still be a bit breezy, even early.  Still, before 10am, it could be not raining, and not too windy.  By afternoon, it becomes likely we will have some showers, developing into heavy rain by nightfall.  Winds become gusty, and heavy rain develops in possible thunderstorms. Yeah, this one is going to be active.

Overall, the total rain forecast for the next two days is in the two to three inch range.  A lot of that will depend on positioning of the storm when the center moves through just to our north.  The bulk of that rain will come through in the dark, Wednesday night, through Thursday morning.  The morning commute on Wednesday does not look too bad.  In fact, the afternoon commute might not be terrible tomorrow, as long as you get out ahead of the storm.  While the worse of the storm will be over before the Thursday morning commute, the result of an inch or more of rain over night will be evident.  By the afternoon, things will have subsided significantly, but still expect slow traffic and back ups.  Friday will feel like bliss.  As long as the road is still there.

So, a break (it seems like it is already here tonight) into mid day tomorrow, and then a quick and wet one into Thursday.  Clearing for Friday.  Man, Friday and Saturday are looking great right now.