(Or were you thinking Groundhog Day, a pseudo-holiday that at least one publicity-seeking mayor may wish to forget.)
The Midwest got hammered by a new winter storm, now moving into the Eastern US. Before that started, my friend Mike sent me a photo from central PA, from one of his hikes along the Appalachian Trail. It's generally been colder than normal there. I miss my cold weather rambles through the snow. Within reason, of course.
Here in far northern CA it's been warmer by anywhere from 5-10F. I posted that after our sunny and bone dry January (the first on record since 1850) I was hoping for a repeat of last year's totally rainy February, and it looks like I'm getting my wish, at least for the next week or so.
It rained through the night and into the afternoon, with a little sunlight late. That's when I took some pictures of raindrops on the cala lillies near the back porch.
But the total rain was under a half inch. That's not likely to be the case this weekend however, when an "atmospheric river" is predicted to deliver several inches from Thursday through Sunday. The Weather Underground is showing more than a inch per day, sometimes more than two. Higher elevations could get a foot of precip.
This river should deliver rain farther south, at least into the Bay Area, and best of all for them, precip in the Sierras, which depending on temps could replenish the snow pack.
This isn't all risk-free, as so much rain at once can cause lots of problems. But that's weather for you, especially these days.
Meanwhile, Southern California has its collective fingers crossed that a NOAA long range forecast is correct, and the region will get higher than normal rainfall over the next three months.
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