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Aug. rain in Socal

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Aug. rain in Socal

We had a nice 5 minute spot of rain last night in San Luis. In August. WTF?
Looking at the radar loop it looks like there is another nice monsoon cell moving through N. Santa Barbara county headed this way. This type of weather is not unheard of here, but it is pretty rare to see rain this far north.
So much for washing the car today.

Just to add this bit of info from the NWS:

.AVIATION...04/1130Z...

OVERALL...LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE 12Z TAF PACKAGE. THE COMBINATION OF
THE MARINE LAYER STRATUS AND MID-LEVEL MOISTURE/INSTABILITY WILL
WREAK HAVOC WITH THE CLOUD FORECAST FOR ALL TAF SITES THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF TSTMS JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE
THIS MORNING...WITH BRIEF MODERATE RAINFALL/GUSTY WIND AND LIGHTNING
THE MAIN THREATS. BY THIS AFTERNOON...THE TSTM THREAT WILL BE
CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS/DESERTS AND INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SLO/SBA
COUNTIES. STRATUS RETURN TONIGHT IS ALSO A LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST.

KLAX...LOW CONFIDENCE IN 12Z TAF. STRATUS COULD DISSIPATE A COUPLE
HOURS SOONER THAN CURRENT 17Z FORECAST...OR REMAIN ENTRENCHED AT THE
AIRFIELD THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. TSTMS WILL BE IN THE VCNTY OF THE
AIRFIELD THROUGH THIS MORNING.

KBUR...LOW CONFIDENCE IN 12Z TAF. THERE IS A 50% CHANCE OF IFR/MVFR
CIGS DEVELOPING BETWEEN 12Z AND 17Z.
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Re: Aug. rain in Socal

porterjet wrote:So much for washing the car today.


I washed the car yesterday, that's why it rained today #-o :mrgreen:
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Re: Aug. rain in Socal

It rained in the Sierras last night while we were camping... now my car looks clean! :lol:
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