Waking up on Monday morning, we discovered hail on the skylight. When I went out to see, everything was covered in what looked like snow, but was actually condensed hail. This was a first for me since living in Pacific Grove; it has only slightly hailed once before. From what I have heard, there is snow on Toro Peak right now, and I'll try to get down to the coast to see when I can.
Significant rain event underway for northern and central California
Low pressure off the northern California coast is pushing rain bands onto the northern California coast by dawn Saturday with a vigorous cold front expected to pass the San Francisco Bay area early Saturday afternoon. The atmosphere turns unstable with the cold-frontal passage and a chance of thunderstorms will develop at that time and continue into the evening hours. Locally heavy rainfall is expected with the frontal passage across the area beginning in the morning in the north bay and extending through the afternoon for the remainder of the central coast. Locally gusty winds and heavy rain will accompany any thunderstorms. Heavy rain may cause ponding on roadways creating hazardous driving conditions.
Concern remains high for the threat of mudslides due to heavy rain expected on the Santa Cruz mountains and Monterey County burn areas. By midnight tonight showers are expected and then persist into sunday morning.
These last few days have been the first that haven't been really hot in quite a while. We keep having these freak Pagrovian* heat waves (75 to 85 degrees) that have been very unpleasant, especially when running up Huckleberry Hill in cross country. Yesterday, the all-day high was a nice 66° with fog all day. Perfect temperature...
