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San Diego Will Get Soaked for Sixth Straight Day by Storm That’s Produced Twice as Much Rain as Expected

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Gary Robbins

A Pacific storm that was expected to drop about 1.5 inches of rain along the San Diego County coastline has produced more than twice that much and will continue to wash across the region until Friday night, according to the National Weather Service.

The system arrived in force on Sunday and was supposed to be gone by Wednesday night or Thursday at the latest.

“But it’s been sitting and spitting over us all week”, said Miguel Miller, a weather service forecaster “The models have it moving out pretty quickly on Friday night.”

San Diego International Airport unexpectedly received about 1.50 inches of rain overnight. By 6 a.m. Friday, the airport’s seasonal rainfall total had hit 12.54 inches, more than three inches above average.

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Heavy Rain, Mountain Snow in Forecast for San Diego Region on Thursday

/in , /by /Times of San Diego by Chris Jennewein

Heavy rain will fall at times in San Diego County Thursday evening and snow is likely in the mountains, according to the National Weather Service.

A winter weather advisory will be in effect until noon Thursday in the county mountains above 5,000 feet. Weather service officials warned residents to use caution while driving because roads could be slippery and visibility could be limited because of falling snow.

As of 1 p.m. Wednesday, 5 inches of snow had fallen on Palomar Mountain. Palomar Mountain is expected to get up to 3 more inches of snow by late Friday morning, while Mount Laguna could get between 6-7 inches and Julian could get trace amounts of snow, meteorologist Miguel Miller said. Snow levels will be around 4,900 feet Thursday morning, then rise to 5,500 feet by this afternoon and remain there through Friday morning.

A flash flood watch is in effect throughout the county until Friday afternoon.

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More Rain Drenching San Diego County But Local Reservoirs Still Parched

/in , /by /KPBS-FM/TV (San Diego)by Erik Anderson Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Diego region is being drenched by a rare spring storm system, but all that moisture isn’t adding much to the region’s supply of drinking water.

The snow was falling in the San Diego county mountains on Wednesday, pretty heavily in some places.

That comes courtesy of a slow-moving cold storm system coming into the region from the north.

The region’s National Weather Service office called this prolonged six-week run of rain in March and April, pretty rare for the region.

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Thunderstorms Possible In East San Diego County

/in , /by /NBC 7 San Diegoby Christina Bravo

Storm clouds developing south of the U.S.-Mexico Border could bring thunderstorms to San Diego’s mountains and deserts Wednesday morning. NBC 7 Meteorologist Sheena Parveen said NBC 7’s Doppler Radar was seeing storms begin to push their way north into the Southern California region at about 8 a.m. No watches or warnings were in effect during that time, according to the National Weather Service. Fast-moving rain may hit areas of East County but will develop further east as the day progresses, Parveen said. Mostly, the monsoonal moisture from the south will bring heavy cloud cover to the area. Parveen said those clouds will be slow to clear.

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Another Hot, Muggy Day With Afternoon Thunderstorms Ahead For San Diego

/in , /by /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein

A chance of thunderstorms will persist Thursday in most parts of San Diego County as the mercury continues to rise heading into the weekend. Thunderstorms will be possible in the inland valleys, the deserts and the mountains Thursday afternoon, according to the local office of the National Weather Service. Partly cloudy skies are expected in the coastal areas. The skies are expected to clear throughout the county by Friday morning, meteorologist Jimmy Taeger said. The chance of measurable precipitation has been set at 20 percent Thursday for the inland valleys, the mountains and the deserts, according to the weather service.

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Scripps Study Finds Climate Change Will Cause Wet and Dry Extremes In California

/in , , /by /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein

A study led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggests that a new pattern of wet and dry extremes is emerging in California with extreme precipitation caused by streams of moisture in the sky known as atmospheric rivers.

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