So far our four-day storm total is 5.24 inches (133 mm). As you can see on the chart at right (click to enlarge), we received over an inch (25mm) yesterday and last night, and the rain continues as I write this. I was awakened several times last night by rain and hail pounding on my bedroom window – we had gusty winds to 15 MPH (about 20 kph) from the southwest, and several thunderstorm cells passed right overhead. Two of them had powerful lightning strokes, causing very loud thunder (one of our dogs, Lea, is terrified of lightning, and spent hours quaking, pressed hard up against me on the bed). As if that wasn't enough, my weather radio was alarming every 15 minutes or so, to tell me of a new threat the NOAA wanted to warn me about. All in all, it wasn't a good night for sleeping...
But no damage was done, so far as I could tell with my flashlight. And we've got a lovely start to the rainy season, with nearly 11 inches already on the ground.
The wildflowers in the Anza-Borrego ought to be spectacular this year.
Yesterday evening, driving home from work, I saw the streams in Lawson Valley in full flood. Last night's rains should drive them even higher, perhaps to the highest levels I've yet seen in my ten years out here. I've heard stories from long-time residents about much higher floods washing out bridges; hopefully that is not happening to us!
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