This has been a very impressive storm by even mid-winter standards except for the lack of snow. Strong winds has hampered road and air travel in places. Winds have exceeded 50 mph at times in a large swath of northern and central California and the Sierra. Winds on ridge tops of the Sierra will probably exceed 100 mph this evening. Rain has been falling at rather of as much as 0.30 to 0.60 of an inch per hour in portions and amounts of more than 0.20 an hour have been quite common.

Rain has been increasing in coverage across the LA Basin this afternoon, and the heaviest rain is yet to come from Santa Barbara County on south to LA County and east of their. That rain will come tonight. If you live in southern Orange County, Riverside County or San Diego County, you are going to probably ask what storm? While a couple of showers reach at least portions of these counties, rainfall amounts will easily be under 0.20 of an inch and could be only a few hundredths. I could even see southernmost San Diego County receiving no important rain.

Where rain has and continues to fall tonight,the danger for flooding, mudslides and debris flows will continue in and around burn areas.

Here are some of the more impressive rain amounts so far today as of 1:30 p.m. Remember, much more rain is to come yet for the Sierra and central and southern areas so these are by no means final numbers.

Northern California Coast:

Honeydew-3.20”
Ruth Lake-2.21”
Bridgeville-1.56”

Shasta Lake Inflow:

Mount Shasta-2.85”
Lakeshore-2.60”
Shasta Dam-2.56”

Upper Sacramento Valley:

Clear Creek-5.92”
Brandy Creek-3.56”
South Fork Mountain-2.88”
Lassen Lodge-1.36”

Northern and Central Sacramento Valley:

Corning-1.75”
Redding-0.92”
Marysville-0.87”

Sacramento Metro Area:

Sacramento exec Airport-1.51”
Elk Grove-1.20”
Auburn-0.84”

Bay Area:

Ben Lomand-6.99”
Vernado-5.04”
Loma Prieta-4.25”
San Rafael-4.29”
Yorkville-3.80”
Saint Marys College-3.14”
Oakland Museum-2.97”
Santa Rosa-2.65”
Mount Diablo-2.51”
Watsonville-2.42”
Napa Airport-2.26”

Central California Coast:

Mining Ridge-7.68”
Three peaks-5.55”
Big Sur-3.95”
San Luis Obispo-1.10”
Monterey-0.99”

Sierra:

Stirling City-2.79”
La Porte-2.37”
Black Springs-1.23”
Yosemite-0.91”

For my forecast on rainfall totals, look for my blog entry from yesterday. Click here for that full story. My rainfall totals for Southern California have slightly changed but not greatly. They are as follows:

Santa Barbara and Ventura County lowlands: 1.0 to 3 inches
Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles County Mountains: 1.75 to 4 inches
L.A. County Lowlands: 0.75 to 1.50 inches
Inland Empire: 0.50 to 1.25 inches
San Bernardino County mountains: 2 to 4 inches
Orange County: 0.20 to 0.75 inches, the least in southern Orange County.

Posted by Ken Clark on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 12:54 PM
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