[JJ 911SC]

Yesterday's freezing rain turned my driveway into a skating rink again but finally we got some snow overnight and luckily it bonded with the ice so its not slippery anymore.

[Esteban]

We're in-between rain storms right now. More to come. 'Bomb cyclone' is what they're calling this series of storms we're getting here in California.

Nothing like what they're getting up north, though. We get a lot of flooding.

[Chick Webb]

Originally Posted by GarySL

Break between storms, extreme high seas so never set foot on the sand

Yeah, today's quiet, but this last brought 20+ foot swells to the Monterey Bay area. Very unusual, and very damaging. The worst we've seen in 40 years.

The municipal wharf in Santa Cruz was slightly damaged and the wharf/downtown Capitola (a few miles South) was decimated, with a section of the wharf gone, and multiple businesses near the mouth of Soquel Creek had their windows caved in by the storm surge. A few miles South of that near us in Rio Del Mar, the surge took out about half of the pier that (used to) stretch from the shore to the stern of the beaten-up cement ship, and also inundated the homes and businesses in the flats.

In the picture I took this morning you can see the debris on the beach in the foreground, the stern of the cement ship on the left and what's left of the pier to the right. In the background is the Southern part of Capitola just across the bay.

So far at our house we've had about 30 inches of rain since the beginning of December. Forecast is for another 5 between now and next Tuesday. As my Italian buddy says, "Eeesa-crazy!"

Some video:

[Esteban]

Beautiful sunny day today. The high is 60F. The calm before the storm.

[Nachbar]

Switzerland, perfect Spring Weather 😎

[Esteban]

Will be going for my normal walk tonight about 9:30pm. Will be 54-52F. Jacket weather.

[Lady Jane]

Getting the shovels ready...

[JJ 911SC]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

Getting the shovels ready...

I wish... Back to bare driveway.

[dradernh]

It's very mild here, and it's more overcast and humid than usual for this time of year.

[3.0L]

We're experiencing one of the heaviest rain storms I've ever seen here. We now have flood alerts: Stay home, many roads are flooded. My weather station has recorded 5 inches of rain since midnight and it's still raining, plus more in the forecast.

[UncleWede]

Some of the local rivers are reaching "monitoring" levels, some concern that they could crest their banks. It's been a LONG time since I saw the Santa Clara running bank to bank.

My house we've gotten about 1.75" since it started last night, and we're supposedly about 1/2 way thru this band.

Wed/Thu should be dry then we get some more. We are getting very close to a normal yearly amount

[Esteban]

We need several years of rain like we're seeing to end California's drought.

[freakystyly]

Freezing drizzle this morning. Coated the car in a sheet of ice but somehow the roads were OK. Must've salted them early this morning.

[Lady Jane]

I can barely see across the street. And we are supposed to get +6°C on Friday with rain...

[Esteban]

Was just hearing on the news at least 16 people dead because of California storm.

[M_Six]

Lower 50's and sunny here today. Very little wind. Nice break after the cold we had a couple of weeks ago.

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Was just hearing on the news at least 16 people dead because of California storm.

Three of them were in our county. One was only 5 years old.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

Three of them were in our county. One was only 5 years old.

Yeah, I heard about that. The flood water just washed him away. Very sad.

[TXSTYLE]

80s with Sunshine

[GarySL]

Driving rain today while driving through the Rockefeller Forest

[Lady Jane]

At least it's sunny...

[GarySL]

the Eel approaching flood stage