Warm Rain, Hot Coffee

After a week of overnight temperatures in the 30's the so-called "pineapple express" has brought some warmer wet weather to Pasadena. Overnight temperature was about 50 degrees, and the backyard rain gauges agree: As of 5:30 AM PST we've had 3.5 inches out of this storm.

It has been raining heavily and steadily all night, with only the occasional lull; the water was loud enough that it woke me at 2:00 am or so, but has not "dumped" loudly since. A good soaking, all in all, without too much rain for the hillsides.

One day, I would really love to have a weather station hooked up to the ol' PC. I always track mud in when I read the rain gauge.