Feb 27, 2017: Rainy Monday Update

As of 3pm: .16″ at Imperial, and .14″ at NAF El Centro… .12″ at Yuma, .11″ at Blythe, and .02″ at Needles… .15″ at Thermal, .28″ at Palm Springs, .23″ to .25″ at Chino-Ontario… 1.31″!! in San Diego… This rain plume has stalled over the area, across the Imperial Valley and into Arizona.

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That moisture plume was expected to move south after dropping some showers…

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We expect that rain will be mostly light and continue through midnight (Imperial Valley), when it clears out toward 1am. .08-.16″ of additional rain is expected across the Imperial Valley. It looks like most areas in the Imperial Valley will see storm totals of .22-.30″.

This computer model animation of accumulated precip is for 1pm through 1am.

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As you can see from the above animation, coastal San Diego is taking the brunt of this storm. A faxed update is also being sent to Valley Weather Service customers. CM