joe_OC 1,339 Report post Posted April 10, 2020 Thanks to the storms in April, snow pack in CA has increased to make up for dry Winter. Reservoirs are also filling up nicely: 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GottmitAlex 2,906 Report post Posted April 10, 2020 Tell me about it.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tracy 4,574 Report post Posted April 10, 2020 This mornings summaries from the National Weather Service. I know that in Chula Vista our average annual precipitation hovers just a fraction under 10" on the bayfront. In Encinitas about 11.5. Orange County coastal is probably a little higher on average, but look at some of the rainfall totals below. Here in Encinitas, we have hit just shy of 50% of normal in 5 days in April. Historically our heaviest rainfall is in January, followed by February. This is crazy! I'm waiting for one of the old Eucalyptus to start falling on the Coast Highway here when the wind blows. It has been a regular thing every wet winter the last decade or two, the only thing slowing the trend is there are fewer of them now. PRECIPITATION SUMMARY....PRELIMINARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO 1000 AM PDT FRIDAY APR 10 2020 5 DAY PRECIPITATION TOTALS AS OF 10 AM FRIDAY .SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS... ID STATION PRECIP(IN) ELEVATION(FT) PLMC1 CARLSBAD 5.25 305 CRQ CARLSBAD AIRPORT 5.10 357 ENCC1 ENCINITAS 5.08 242 OCNC1 OCEANSIDE 4.84 30 NMLC1 SAN MARCOS LANDFILL 4.65 766 SOFC1 SAN ONOFRE 4.57 162 ECMC1 EL CAMINO DEL NORTE 4.14 50 FSNC1 FASHION VALLEY 4.01 20 LSFC1 LAS FLORES RAWS 3.97 100 KEAC1 KEARNY MESA 3.83 455 FBZC1 CPEN FALLBROOK RAWS 3.73 876 NKX MIRAMAR 3.71 477 MYF MONTGOMERY FIELD 3.30 423 SAN SAN DIEGO INTL AIRPORT 3.26 42 L13 POINT LOMA 3.15 364 SDM BROWN FIELD 2.23 524 .ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS... ID STATION PRECIP(IN) ELEVATION(FT) CTDC1 COTO DE CAZA 5.70 730 LWOC1 LOWER OSO CREEK 5.51 220 CAPC1 BELL CANYON 4.86 700 PICO1 PICO RETARDING BASIN 4.84 760 SVAC1 LOWER SILVERADO CYN 4.72 1100 MLTC1 MOULTON PEAK REPEATER 4.25 888 SDKC1 SAN DIEGO CK @ CULVER 3.98 70 LUGC1 LAGUNA BCH @ WOODLAND 3.78 47 GUNC1 LAGUNA CYN REPEATER 3.74 530 CDMC1 CORONA DEL MAR 3.51 300 CYNC1 LAGUNA AUDUBON 3.30 314 ELAC1 EL MODENA-IRVINE 3.15 70 GDGC1 E GARDEN GVE/WNTRSBRG 2.84 120 ALAC1 ALAMEDA STORM CHANNEL 2.72 339 BIRC1 BREA 2W 2.64 340 SNA JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT 2.56 50 CTMC1 COSTA MESA 2.56 47 OCVC1 OCEANVIEW 2.48 43 ABBC1 ANAHEIM BARBER CITY 2.44 5 GDNC1 GARDEN GROVE 2.36 80 SAIC1 SANTA ANA DELHI CHNL 2.36 24 BRIC1 BREA OLINDA 2.21 750 WMRC1 WESTMINSTER CHANNEL 2.13 40 HUNC1 HUNTINGTON BEACH 2.13 20 FLCC1 FULLERTON CREEK 2.08 95 FUL FULLERTON AIRPORT 2.07 96 CRBC1 GILBERT RETARDING BSN 2.01 100 MLBC1 MILLER BASIN 2.01 220 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joe_OC 1,339 Report post Posted April 10, 2020 12.91" for the year here for me. Last year, we had the Miracle March. This year it's the Amazing April rains. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sr. Califas 136 Report post Posted April 10, 2020 That miracle March is what killed my foxtail last year. It was such a mild winter until that March came along and provided the precipitation along with some freezes and frost, at least up here. Fortunately, much more moderate temperatures to go along with the great rain this April! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BS Man about Palms 2,333 Report post Posted April 10, 2020 At @ 5 pm on Thursday night this bucket was in my driveway and empty.. it looked like this by 10 am on Friday morning.. that's over 4" and it's about an inch higher now.. at least 5" here in 24 hours 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomJ 406 Report post Posted April 11, 2020 This is from last 5 days home weather station 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tracy 4,574 Report post Posted April 11, 2020 14 hours ago, BS Man about Palms said: Thursday night this bucket was in my driveway and empty.. it looked like this by 10 am on Friday morning.. that's over 4" and it's about an inch higher now.. at least 5" here in 24 hours I emptied some buckets on Thursday and they look like yours too. I could have used a kayak to commute here, because it was a river between Vulcan and the RR tracks last night, quite literally. We have flooding issues down there in "normal" rain which this exceeded by a factor of 10. Fortunately, my lot has decent drainage and I'm not in a low spot. The official NWS sites reported for SD, OC, Riverside & San Bernardino counties indicated Encinitas had 7.4" for the 6 days of the storm. Top rainfall amounts for both last 24 hours and the full 6 days of the storm are below: PRECIPITATION SUMMARY....PRELIMINARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO 1040 PM PDT FRIDAY APR 10 2020 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION TOTALS: 8 PM THURSDAY-8 PM FRIDAY .TOP RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ALL ZONES... STATION PRECIP(IN) ELEVATION(FT) 1. ENCINITAS 4.61 242 2. DEER SPRINGS 4.08 1000 3. COUSER CANYON 3.98 285 4. EL CAMINO DEL NORTE 3.82 50 5. RANCHO BERNARDO 3.70 690 6. PALOMAR MTN. PALA 3.69 3080 7. POWAY 3.53 440 8. OTAY MOUNTAIN RAWS 3.48 3283 9. BONSALL CRS 3.46 185 MIRAMAR LAKE 3.46 720 6 DAY PRECIPITATION TOTALS AS OF 902 PM FRIDAY .TOP RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ALL ZONES... STATION PRECIP(IN) ELEVATION(FT) 1. LYTLE CREEK RAWS 10.10 2790 2. MIDDLE FK LYTLE CREE 8.80 3740 3. PALOMAR CRS 8.50 5387 4. DEER SPRINGS 7.90 1000 5. LOWER OAT FLATS 7.70 2239 6. CEDAR GLEN 7.60 5317 7. ENCINITAS 7.40 242 8. COUSER CANYON 7.10 285 9. HORSETHIEF/RICE CYN 7.00 4054 PANORAMA POINT 7.00 3887 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BS Man about Palms 2,333 Report post Posted April 12, 2020 An Epic storm to be sure.. a day of sun after was too... that rainfall in Encinitas is amazing! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Chance 825 Report post Posted April 12, 2020 We had a good amount of rain inland also. My weather station had a total of 4.10 inches last week. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
