Now I have to get up on the roof and clear out the downspouts. Last year I had a roof leak near one that was clogged.

would be a good idea.

RUN!!!

Pollution from China travels in large quantities across the Pacific Ocean to the United States, a new study has found, making environmental and health problems unexpected side effects of U.S. demand for cheap China-manufactured goods.

On some days, acid rain-inducing sulfate from burning of fossil fuels in China can account for as much as a quarter of sulfate pollution in the western United States, a team of Chinese and American researchers said in the report published by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, a non-profit society of scholars.

Cities like Los Angeles received at least an extra day of smog a year from nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide from China's export-dependent factories, it said.

"We've outsourced our manufacturing and much of our pollution, but some of it is blowing back across the Pacific to haunt us," co-author Steve Davis, a scientist at University of California Irvine, said.

http://www.businessinsider.com/china-pollution-is-blanketing-americas-west-coast-2014-1

so this particular rain is safe.

I am worried about the pollution to come from China in the future, not minimizing that. Still. All this rain? Good to go.

The sterilized ground outside of Yosemite hasn't even started recovering yet, so this rain is simply causing the lower elevations of the fire to shed topsoil into the creeks and river. Gentle rain would have helped, but the heavy rain they're predicting is going to cause a lof of landslides in an area that doesn't need any more damage.

Rain is predicted Saturday through Monday in Central California. We so desperately need this. It needs to rain every other day, steadily, all day, for the next 3 months in order to just catch up to what we're supposed to have.

We've been drenched by this for weeks at a time in years past in the Puget Sound convergence zone. We can't complain. Best wishes to Californians to catch up on rainfall, maybe even get some good snowpack for summer water supplies..

and the snowline typically does go up in the Sierra, say from 2500-3000 ft to five and six thousand feet, but the reservoirs below are ready and waiting.

It's all good in the bigger scheme of things, including the requisite localized flooding and mud slides in the usual areas.

One of our local (CBS) weathermen is in a cute "upcoming forecast" preview spot where he goes a little over the top describing his predictive capabilities courtesy of their high-definition doppler radar.

Weather#1: "I can predict the weather for 7 days"

Weather#2: "I can see rain coming from hundreds of miles out in the ocean"

Karnow: "I'm the Great Karnowwwwwwwwwww (eagle squawk)"

Several Mid Western "weather TV news people" are showing their viewers the vids of heavy hail occurring during a series of summer rains. The videos that had been sent in by viewers.

I wondered at first why I was sent the link, but at the very end of the video, one "meteorologist" says to the other, "So this viewer wants to know how such large bit of hail are created?"

And both weather people agreed they simply didn't know; that it is one of life's mysteries!

I guess that proves some of these people didn't make it past sixth grade.

It's a classic.

From growing up in Oregon...hate wet, cold, GRAY, fogged up windows and wet clothes/feet...I was perpetually sick as a kid with colds and tonsillitis. I love sun and blue skies everyday!

Second, that being said, we desperately (!!!!) need the water in SoCal too. BUT we need it in moderation and spread out so it has time to sink in and not just run off. Snow in the mountains would be fantastic.

If it really starts raining, stay away from the totally toxic runoff!

in the coming months. Getting as much as we can as soon as we can is important, because it's still cold enough to snow in the higher elevations which acts as a sort of storage system. Then as the warmer weather gets here it melts and flows into the reservoirs. Less flooding (and mudslides) that way.

I'm about 100 miles north of San Francisco and it has been raining pretty steady here for a few day and is expected to continue through the weekend and into next week.

and enjoy

I do so want to have some vegetable plants this year.

I mean hasn't the RWers confirmed that he can control the weather? Just kidding - LOL

Anywho, YES! We need lots of rain.

so why not some rain for California and it's coming from Hawaii

It's all welcome right now.

I put out all sorts of containers on a cement area in our yard and collected nearly 1 1/2 buckets full of water for future watering. That's how obsessed with water conservation some of us are in Southern California if we want to water plants. I grow vegetables in large pots. Every drop of water counts.

We grow peppers in pots and a variety of cooking herbs

We're going out to rent some movies and have a cozy couple of days. Love the rain!

Stay safe everyone out there driving!

This is great news

The redwoods are all dancing around in the wind, and the air smells so sweet. Last night I spied my first banana slug of the season. Good to see it all.

Hope there are no mudslides

and replenish the aquifers. Hard rains just run off.

Group hug for all California DUers

The rain gods are good.

Everyone's thrilled.

Rain can be a beautiful thing

Came up from LA on the way to Oakland and it has been raining for the last 100 + miles.

(I'm in the sleeper on a team operation - my co driver is behind the wheel)

and stay safe

so SOMEthing should have happened, 'bout time.

Your rain dance worked

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I just built our first fire since last winter. Going to kick back and sip some V. Sattui Pinot Grigio, and enjoy the negative ions.

Edit: My wife offered up hot chocolate with French vanilla kahlua instead. Yummy!

Miss your lovely posts

sloweather.com is forecasting rain this weekend for San Luis Obispo, CA. Our rainfall season to date has increased from about 8% of normal a little over a week ago up to 19.6% of normal today with 2.77" total rainfall to date. We've had a gentle rain so far. The ground is now damp, no longer bone dry, which will help this weekends rain soak into the ground better with less run off. I hope our hills get enough rain to turn green.

Washed the dust off the leaves, dampened the soil, and all of a sudden we have sour grass popping up.

But like the rest of California, we need so much more. Cheers to all of you!

Don't you love the smell of well needed rain?