Approaching a Break

It's raining hard tonight, but we are getting close to a break. The rains will ease Monday night, and there's a chance of showers on Thursday, but after that, likely no more rain for the rest of the month. 

Still, tonight, areas in the Sierras southeast of Sacramento will get hit hard (Valley Springs, Angels Camp, Sonora, Mariposa). Hoping the best for them. 

The rain monitor broke at Sacramento Executive Airport on Jan. 9th (the rainiest day so far), so it's necessary to substitute values for the 9th and 10th to get statistics. Still, Sac Exec is about 179% of average for the date, and the Sacramento City monitor near El Camino & Watt is 197% of average. It sounds like a lot, but we've had more rain even in the recent past (January and February 2017, just six years ago, saw more rain). Some local places are approaching flood (worried by North Natomas), but I'm hoping we'll avoid calamity in Sacramento. 

At first, the rains were light in the northernmost regions of the state, but lately they've received more. Indeed, the only places in California not to have been hammered are in the Mojave Desert.