Early January 2008 - First Storm of the Year

I thought I'd try tracking the rainfall from this storm.

Now, you have to be aware that my rain gauge is old, dried and broken from the sun and heat (and dogs running by it) - so if anything my reading will be a little bit LOW, because most of the lip around the top is what has broken off. This is for eastern Escondido CA.

The rain started here about 9 PM, slowly, on January 4, 2008. Picked up throughout the night.
At 9:30 AM on the 4th we have exactly 3/4 of an inch.

I'm thinking that once again this storm isn't going to be as big and bad as they have warned us it will be. It was been big and bad up north yesterday in Sacramento and San Francisco.


Radar image from The Weather Channel at 9:40 AM on Jan 5, 2008.

It looked much worse last evening. Looking right now at northern CA it looks like there is still ice and snow falling. Last night it looked like Yosemite and Tahoe were getting pounded. I have a coworker skiing at Mammoth this weekend - They were expecting 7 - 10 feet of new snow!