The Rain Continues
October 14th, 2009
Quick update: The rain moved into Orange County in earnest around 2am last night in the form of light to moderate steady showers. Rain rates in the foothills and mountains were a little higher (0.20″/hr) than here on the coastal plain (0.10″/hr). As you can see from the radar image, rain continues to stream onshore from Santa Barbara all the way to Oceanside.
The rain will gradually taper off late this morning into this afternoon, though some island-effect/orographic showers may linger into the evening. Full clearing tomorrow.
Rain totals as of 7am:
John Wayne Airport: 0.34″
Fullerton Airport: 1.01″
Santiago Peak (Saddleback): 1.06″
-Mike
I’m at the site that got 13″ of rain on Tuesday – Dinkey Creek. The creek rose from 2′ to 11′ in a couple of hours.
Because this was the first rain of the season, the soils were extremely hydrophobic. The soils are still dry 2″ down. Clearly this was a huge event, lots of soil and debris on the roads and knocked down limbs all over the place. Hopefully the dams caught a lot of the runoff. The “snow” that fell at the Sierra Crest was just a dusting and is already almost gone.