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The storms that contained atmospheric river precipitation passed north of San Jose, so we barely got any rain. Only enough yesterday so that I couldn't walk to the climbing gym and had to drive and pay for parking. I think we'll be getting more rain starting this evening but I doubt it will cause any problems other than the usual auto accidents because people aren't as cautious as they should be with wet roads.
 
A gloomy morning in the LA basin. No rain yet but it's coming this evening. Possible mud slides in the burn areas.

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Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, vast urban region, homeless people this last decade have colonized many of our urban stream channels that usually have lots of trees and vegetation they can hide within and over time lots of trash accumulates. These are streams that have small runs of giant salmon. These AR storms can be so heavy that much of the trash is swept out to the huge abused by trash and pollution south part of San Francisco Bay that has been ongoing for nearly 2 centuries but for which there is much effort to clean up as much as is possible. So good that trash is flushed out but bad that it ends up in the bay.
 
With this storm, annual plant seeds in your Mojave Desert region, that came out of dormancy from the October/November storms, will with this latest AR storm, now store water and nutrients in their new roots. Then when February temperatures rise from mid winter lows, push out green herbs that by March will be landscapes of pretty wildflowers swaying in breezes. The Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve State Natural Reserve is now highly likely to have a big spring showing by early April as well as Joshua Tree National Park landscapes.
 
Nathan said:
It's chilly and overcast, wind is picking up. Supposed to get maybe an inch of rain in the next 12-24 hours.

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Update: we're getting quite a soaking, 30+ MPH winds driving rain in from the South. I have no doubt that we'll get the 2-3 inches of rain, as forecast. This areas annual rain fall average is 5 inches, I have no doubt that we'll get the 2-3 inches of rain, as forecast and will meet or exceed the average, by the end of the season.

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I saw a duck in my backyard yesterday morning, if that tells you anything. Only 2 of the homeless cats came to eat this morning. Hopefully, that means the others are holed up someplace nice and dry until the rain stops.

We're doing just fine here. It's rainy and a bit windy, but that's normal in late Dec.

I was a little worried about the cabin. It sits between a lake and a river up in the northeast Sierras. But my neighbor up there said everything's okay. He sees a big snow storm coming in and it should start dropping sometime today, which will be good, except we won't be able to go up there for a while.

Anyway, we're good here. Just some watery intersections here and there.
 
David777 said:
Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, vast urban region, homeless people this last decade have colonized many of our urban stream channels that usually have lots of trees and vegetation they can hide within and over time lots of trash accumulates. These are streams that have small runs of giant salmon. These AR storms can be so heavy that much of the trash is swept out to the huge abused by trash and pollution south part of San Francisco Bay that has been ongoing for nearly 2 centuries but for which there is much effort to clean up as much as is possible. So good that trash is flushed out but bad that it ends up in the bay.
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We left the Bay Area over ten years ago, with no regrets, but you did remind me of the trash collecting in the streams.
Just north of the Ca border we had rain last night, sunshine this morning, and high wind warnings today to push Santa's sleigh along.
 
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