It's raining on the Central Coast!

[Hekate]

Thank you, Lady.

[Cleita]

1. Yay!

But it's not the deluge we were promised, yet. Hope it improves overnight.

But I'm really happy for any drops.

[antiquie]

5. SoCal is only to get a little from this first one but

a whole bunch from the Friday-Sunday one.

I hope this small first storm softens the ground so more of the big one can sink in.

[Cleita]

10. Just think about how you want it.

[ReRe]

2. Hope it doesn't rain so much...

... and so fast that it causes mud slides. Glad you're getting the much needed rain!

[Vinnie From Indy]

3. That must be tremendous feeling for so many Californians

I hope you get what you folks need without too much collateral damage!

Cheers!

[Beachwood]

4. May you Californians have 40 days and 40 nights

of light rain and snow... from now until sometime in April.

No floods, no Noah's arks, none of that sh*t, just refill all your lakes and reservoirs and mountain snow melt into June.

40 days and 40 nighs.

Then resume your summery weather from Mendocino to San Diego for another 300 days.

[Cleita]

6. To tell the truth, it would fill our aquifers again.

We will have to pay the price of slides because the watershed has burned in the drought. But we need the rain regardless.

[Common Sense Party]

7. And may it keeping coming our way.

Utah's reservoirs need it.

[Jackpine Radical]

8. My personal belief is that

all those rain dances finally reached critical mass.

[Cleita]

9. Not scientific but maybe science someday will be able to

explain it.

[sheshe2]

11. Good for California!

Much needed, Hekate!

[Cha]

12. Halelujah, Hekate!

[Tumbulu]

13. And it is raining nicely up in Yolo County!

And it is simply glorious so far. But I am a bit worried about the high winds predicted for tomorrow.

One worry at a time....

[roody]

14. We have to catch it!!

I have filled 6, 220 liter barrels, with rain. Barrels $17 each at Friedmans. Need more!

[frylock]

15. send it on down here, kplxthx!

[savalez]

16. it's raining here too!!

In Los Angeles! Yeah!

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

17. Started last night and been going all day here on the Sonoma Coast

The coast fire dept. was called out for wires across Hwy. 1, and then a tree across the Hwy a little further North. But Rain Is Good.

[Piedras]

18. Intermittently raining hard on the rooftop in SLO

Just had a few minutes of pounding rain on the rooftop in SLO. Most of today we had a steady gentle rain.

SLOWeather.com says there is an 80% chance of rain Thursday night. It predicts a 100% chance of hard rain Friday in the daytime with a 70% chance of rain Friday night. Rains are predicted to taper off over the weekend.

As of today 2/26/14 at 11PM SLOWeather says we have received 23% of normal season to date rain. Today's rainfall measured 1.11" at 11PM.

[dhill926]

19. Lulling us to sleep...

On the coast of beautiful San Buenaventura. What a wonderful sound...

[antiquie]

20. Rained all night -- almost 1/2 inch!

Thank you!

[PasadenaTrudy]

21. I saw worms and slugs this morning!

It was so exciting, lol. Can't wait to take a walk in the arroyo after the big storm this wknd. All the sage and rosemary will smell nice and fresh.

[Hekate]

22. Friday 2-28 sat in my car while the rain poured down like crazy, accompanied by thunder

I wasn't going anyplace in particular, just parked at a little redwood grove in the neighborhood to read a bit and listen to NPR. Was very glad to not be on the freeway!

For those who get the LA Times, there's a nice little graphic on page AA1 "Flash floods after fire" that explains the wax-like layer a couple of inches below the soil surface that is generated by fires. That and the fact that mudslides can exceed 35 mph... Yikes.

Still, the various dams that are so low will get a nice infusion of water.

[Piedras]

23. Misty rain and emerald green hills

Friday afternoon I drove through misty rain from Morro Bay to Paso Robles via highways One and 46. The coastal hills and farm fields have begun to turn a lush emerald green. It was a very welcome, beautiful, calming sight. The ground and my spirit both got recharged.

[Hekate]

24. Last week I drove from Santa Barbara to Santa Ynez (up 154 & back 101); everything was crispy brown

The only green across the hills was from the oaks and similar, and they were coated with dust.

The rain is so wonderful. Every year I generally get 3+ months of lush sour grass (a kind of oxalis) with its yellow blooms all over my front yard, and this year nothing but short sparse straggles coming up through the autumn leaves. All of a sudden -- whoosh, green. It doesn't take much, and the Earth is so grateful. I hope I get another trip to Santa Ynez Valley soon so I can admire the mountains.