64f with lots of wildfire smoke, the sun is orange and so is the sun light.

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Lot of weather on the horizon, Hilary is not here yet. But great pre-dawn light show.

Pouring rain here.

Lot of weather on the horizon, Hilary is not here yet. But great pre-dawn light show.

Pouring rain here.

A questian I have is how much of that will end up in reservoirs?

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Looking at one readily available source for lakes & major reservoirs in CA it would appear that very few have much space to absorb much more rainfall, so it's more a case of how much rain will land where the ground can soak it up rather than just have the rain run off and either cause floods or wash-outs & landslides.
https://oroville.lakesonline.com/StateSites/

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Lot of weather on the horizon, Hilary is not here yet. But great pre-dawn light show.

Pouring rain here.

A questian I have is how much of that will end up in reservoirs?

In California, not much. Most are already full. I have been seeing what appears to be an 8-10 inch rise in the river levels which tells me that they are letting water out to make room. The current levels are shown below. The biggest impact will be to lake made. USGS expects an 8-foot water level increase. But there is a lot of room in that one.

Lot of weather on the horizon, Hilary is not here yet. But great pre-dawn light show.

Pouring rain here.

A questian[sic] I have is how much of that will end up in reservoirs?

Of what lands on my property, IIRC the flood control channel from here does end up at Whittier Narrows, so it will be in a spreading basin. (Don't know what the corps of engineers is doing with the flood gates though) Of what lands north of me, San Gabriel Mountains, essentially all of it passes through various debris catch basins, dams and spreading grounds before it reaches the ocean. Of what lands to the south of me, little of it will be captured as there are no areas where the water can be impounded as it is an alluvial plain, nor is urban run off uncontaminated, especially with massive filthy homeless encampments in the normally bone dry stream beds. But this is the topography of the Los Angeles basin, which is really not a complete basin, but half a basin with the other half side being the Pacific Ocean.

https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ548&warncounty=CAC037&firewxzone=CAZ548&local_place1=3%20Miles%20ESE%20Pasadena%20CA&product1=Flash+Flood+Warning&lat=34.149&lon=-118.0971 wrote:

Flash Flood Statement
At 1059 AM PDT, Doppler radar and rain gauge reports indicated heavy
rain across the warned area. Rainfall rates of 0.5 to 1 inch per
hour will be common.. Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches
are possible in the warned area. Heavier rainfall with embedded
thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening, with local
rates up to 1.5 inches per hour possible. Flash flooding is ongoing
or expected to begin shortly.

So are the animals lining up 2 by 2?

Predicted temperature is 104°f. Actual is this.
Fair
106°F
41°C
Humidity 23%
Wind Speed SE 7 mph
Barometer 30.05 in
Dewpoint 61°F (16°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Heat Index 108°F (42°C)
Last update 20 Aug 2:45 pm CDT

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So are the animals lining up 2 by 2?

They are flowing down the LA river at 30 MPH.
<edit>Not just tropical storms, earthquakes too
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci39645386/executive

Lot of weather on the horizon, Hilary is not here yet. But great pre-dawn light show.

Pouring rain here.

A question I have is how much of that will end up in reservoirs?

In California, not much. Most are already full. I have been seeing what appears to be an 8-10 inch rise in the river levels which tells me that they are letting water out to make room. The current levels are shown below. The biggest impact will be to lake made. USGS expects an 8-foot water level increase. But there is a lot of room in that one.

It’s 74F here, this area has received 0.33” of rain(0.37" now) and it’s light rain on Monday I’ll know the total for this area, I’ve seen worse hit here, this is nothing.

Grace, Sylvester, Chitty, and myself are ok.

Hilary’s rain, 0.33” so far(0.37" now) and 74F, Precip 100%.

That’s Elephant Mountain in the distance, it’s the magma chamber of an extinct volcano...

Info about Lake Mead, in case anyone is curious.

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Winning on a Monday morning with no rain, but we did had a frost.

We got off to a 0C (felt like -3C) while 18C is expected and currently it's 10C (feels like 8C) so it'll likely be another hour before I go outside to continue digging.

Cheers.

Over here...

"That lot of clouds" stayed benignly fluffy for the day and developed into making for a fantastic sunset display.

Beautiful!!

Enjoy!

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As I take a quick beer break to cool down after digging a dozen or so bricks levelly into the ground (which is much softer today) as the temp here hits 16C (feels like 13C), but it feels a lot warmer than that hacking at the ground out in the sun.

Cheers.

Still hot outside. Went window shopping for better a/c relief.

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We reached 18C (felt like 14C) here today while I was working away outside, but it's dropping now.

Though I did get both big wicking tubs sitting level now. :-)

https://scontent.fsyd4-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/368293725_6307960215992816_9088247984620052107_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=2qHjgjj_eqAAX_wyGEu&_nc_ht=scontent.fsyd4-2.fna&oh=00_AfCWlAc_AjaaX_q8EEMUQPnly_9y1rYVlZJ9ifseMxTU3Q&oe=64E7083D

Time for a beer or 2 now before feeding Dog, covering my veggies back up and then think about something to eat.

Cheers.

Another sunny monday morning.

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

I hope all Setizens in SoCal are managing to keep their hats on and their feet dry.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

All under yet another tumultuous dark brooding sky...

Hopefully without the Biblical bits...

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This area received 2.05 inches of rain as of yesterday, today it's 1.85 inches.

I'm still here, intact waiting to get my car worked on, now if Casey's will call me back soon.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Winning on another frosty start in the highlands where it's 0C (feels like -3C) while 18C is expected and no rain.

Anyhow it's now coffee time.

Cheers.

... And all we got was high humidity and some feeble drizzle.

And all is dark and quiet.

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