Sunday weather

Wet and overcast this mornign, although some sun peeked out of clouds while we had some breakfast. Lot of rain yesterday. The NWS estimates 3.85 inches in Idyllwild. that's about 1/6 of annual average in 3 days.

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1033 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2009

THROUGH 1 PM...INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS WITH RAIN BELOW 5500 FEET
WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED. RAINFALL AT THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS SHOULD BE ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. VISIBILITY MAY
LOCALLY RESTRICTED IN FOG. LOW LYING AREAS...SMALL STREAMS...AND
CREEKS MAY STILL BE AT BANKFULL FROM THE HEAVY RAINS THAT FELL LAST
NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING.

The Keenwild RAWS station recorded 2.6 inches while north at Vista Grande station, 3.7 inches were recorded. some cars had snow on roofs this morning, that must have occurred around 6,000 feet or higher.

Sat weather

Rained a lot in past 2 hours, Keenwild received another .32 inches for total of 1.13 since Thursday morning. Here the latest and similar NWS note

RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
213 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2009

.NOW...
RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ON
THE COASTAL SLOPES. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE ABOVE 7000 FEET. AREAS OF
DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT
TIMES.

Still no snow, just lots of rain. from the NWS

.NOW...
RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ON
THE COASTAL SLOPES. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE ABOVE 7000 FEET. AREAS OF
DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT
TIMES.

Since Thursday, Dec. 10 at 11:10 a.m., Keenwild has received a total of .81 inches of rain and Vista Grande has received about 1.05 inches of rain.

bring your umbrellas or raincoats.

Rainy weekend, may end in snow

From the National Weather Service report about 2:15 a.m., Friday, Dec. 11.

right now it's just light rain.

.WET WEATHER MOVING BACK INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND...

A STRING OF DISTURBANCES OVER THE EAST PACIFIC WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEGINNING TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH
SUNDAY. PERIODS OF RAIN...AND SNOW AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE
MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED.

THE FIRST SYSTEM WILL BRING LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS
FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER PERIOD OF LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN ON SATURDAY MORNING. ONE FINAL ROUND OF MODERATE TO
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY
MORNING. IN BETWEEN EACH SYSTEM...LIGHT SHOWERS MAY LINGER NEAR THE
FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS DUE TO CONTINUED MOIST WESTERLY FLOW.

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT THROUGH SUNDAY SHOULD
GENERALLY BE IN THE RANGE OF 0.75 TO 1.75 INCHES FOR THE COAST AND
VALLEYS...AND 2.00 TO LOCALLY 4.00 INCHES ON THE FOOTHILLS AND
COASTAL SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE BIGGEST TOTALS SHOULD BE IN THE
SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY BE QUITE HIGH
ON FRIDAY...NEAR 7000 FEET...BUT SHOULD FALL TO AROUND 5500 FEET
OVER THE SAN BERNARDINOS AND 6500 FEET OVER THE SAN JACINTOS BY
SUNDAY MORNING...WHERE UP SIX INCHES OF SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE BY
SUNDAY NIGHT. LITTLE SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ON THE SAN DIEGO
COUNTY MOUNTAINS. IN THE DESERTS...GENERALLY ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN
OR LESS IS EXPECTED.