BajaNomad - Rain? It doesn't rain here!

Rain? It doesn't rain here!

DianaT - 2-7-2012 at 09:19 PM

Ah, but it is raining right now! OK, it was cloudy all day but we had some bets going about rain---we lost.

Certainly not much of a rain, but our garden is loving it as well as the wild flowers.

Is it raining anywhere else in BCS?

BajaBlanca - 2-7-2012 at 09:22 PM

naaaaah not a drop here in La Bocana but it sure was cloudy and cold today, we heard it was pouring in san diego and this seems to be the residual ....

Ensenada

bajaguy - 2-7-2012 at 09:23 PM

Since 3PM today, .32 inches

woody with a view - 2-7-2012 at 09:28 PM

just a smattering in simi valley (not BCS). not even enough to cover the ground.

Bajaboy - 2-7-2012 at 10:44 PM

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Originally posted by BajaBlanca
naaaaah not a drop here in La Bocana but it sure was cloudy and cold today, we heard it was pouring in san diego and this seems to be the residual ....

pouring in San Diego....not even...maybe a two tenths of an inch....

Bob H - 2-8-2012 at 12:42 AM

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Originally posted by Bajaboy

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Originally posted by BajaBlanca
naaaaah not a drop here in La Bocana but it sure was cloudy and cold today, we heard it was pouring in san diego and this seems to be the residual ....

pouring in San Diego....not even...maybe a two tenths of an inch....

We got a lot of rain in San Diego today... North County. Wow!

Steady downpour.....

Pompano - 2-8-2012 at 05:05 AM

Coyote Bay. We had a wee amount of rain last night..about 1:32 a.m.

Pitter-patter, pitter-patter...nice

Hook - 2-8-2012 at 05:37 AM

Raining right now in San Carlos, Sonora. Nuthin' even moderate, though.

No wind, so I'm still going fishing. YT have been rampaging on the surface, though they are keyed on micro baits. Difficult to entice. I am breaking out all these swimbaits that I brought down from SoCal. Who knows???

Mula - 2-8-2012 at 05:37 AM

None in Lopez yesterday, but dark clouds, cold and a little windy in the afternoon.

Good day for a fireplace with a nice fire going!

Bob and Susan - 2-8-2012 at 05:50 AM

5:45am here omn the bay in mulege...sprinkles

looks like a generator day

forcast said 50%

Eli - 2-8-2012 at 06:10 AM

Chispy, chispy in Los Barriles.

Russ - 2-8-2012 at 07:27 AM

It started raining about 20 minutes ago and is steady and more than a drizzle.
OOPS ! Just went to just a drizzle.

I'm hoping it last for awhile ... like all day

tiotomasbcs - 2-8-2012 at 07:44 AM

Awakened by a good rainfall on my palapa around 5 am! Light rain on and off but dark clouds with thunder and lightning rolling in from the pacific. The wind is whipping up whitecaps and blowing the palms around. Appears we're gonna get more rain . eebmike shows rain activity. The Heavens are rumbling as I write. Power just spiked off and back on. A real Baja storm? Hope so! Tio

Oggie - 2-8-2012 at 07:48 AM

Rain in BOLA

It started about 11:00pm and still going from drizzle to steady rain. I need to get my roof finished!

Russ - 2-8-2012 at 07:52 AM

Motivator :lol:

Ateo - 2-8-2012 at 07:56 AM

Rained yesterday in Oceanside, but semi clear skies now.

Rain

tehag - 2-8-2012 at 07:56 AM

Twenty minutes of very light rain at 5AM, 2/8/2012 in Loreto. Sun peaking through here and there now, 8AM.

shari - 2-8-2012 at 08:04 AM

Holy raindrops....it rained all night long and is still raining this morning...but the perfect amount..on and off and not too heavily so it is getting soaked into the ground instead of just running off. The desert is going to explode with wildflowers in the next month!!!!! yipppeeee.

Guerrero Negro

bajaumpaw - 2-8-2012 at 08:12 AM

Rained all night here in GN. Raining pretty hard right now (7;10 am]. Was going whale watching. What a bumber. Maybe tomorrow.

mulegemichael - 2-8-2012 at 08:20 AM

by the looks of the standing water on our patio, we got a substantial amount during the night...still continues down steadily as i write....ya gotta love it..happy vacas!!

Playa de Pescadero

Lee - 2-8-2012 at 08:22 AM

Torrential rain starting at 3am, 7am, and 8am, for 5 minutes at a time. 10-12mph Westerly wind. Dark grey sky. Lots of thunder. Nice.

Russ - 2-8-2012 at 09:05 AM

Memories of cloudy days (months) in Washington.
Taken at 8:30. I think we're in for a mostly cloudy day.

rts551 - 2-8-2012 at 09:10 AM

Rain all night in Punta Abreojos

Rain Total

bajaguy - 2-8-2012 at 09:12 AM

South Ensenada was .34

BajaDove - 2-8-2012 at 09:18 AM

HAPPY WATER FROM THE SKY DAY! We had morning coffee to a beautiful lightening show and it's still drizzling here in Comitan.

rain

captkw - 2-8-2012 at 10:03 AM

HOLA, started raining in ernest around 9:00 this morning here in los barriles,,and this area has not had any rain for 4 years and is the driest that I have seen in my time here !!(1978-79) awesome,great,cool,yee ha !! thank you rain gods K&T :cool:

P.S. anyone have google earth pro,,wondering if its snowing up top of the serria la laguna,north of cobo????? k&t

[Edited on 2-8-2012 by captkw]

shari - 2-8-2012 at 10:26 AM

the rain has stopped and then the power went off....turns out that the gavilan(osprey) who has been busily building his new nest the last 2 weeks will have to move....his new nest that is crafted of old T-shirts, yarn, rope, casette tape and bits of wire...shorted out the CFE wires on the pole holding his home up, knocking out electricity to the point area....ooooops.

I took this photo of the construction project 3 days ago behind the Sunset Casita....mom & dad both transporting building materials....you can see that some of the hanging stuff was old wire that got wet in the rain and created a short....sheesh.

rhintransit - 2-8-2012 at 10:58 AM

sprinkling and overcast here in Loreto. any moisture is welcome.

shari - 2-8-2012 at 01:54 PM

power is restored....the sun is out...the ground is damp...the streets are muddy...the plants are very happy....life is good.

tiotomasbcs - 2-8-2012 at 02:44 PM

The rain was light to heavy for approx 5hrs and the sun is out now at 2pm with beautiful cloudy skies! More rain for our Parade is predicted for tomorrow? If I leave the car windows down and a few valuables outside it will probably rain again, garantizado! :rolleyes:

Tio

mulegemichael - 2-8-2012 at 04:00 PM

it's 4pm and it's raining harder than than i've seen in recent memory...accompanied by large amounts of thunder and lightning...very spectacular event right now!!....wow!!!!

Islandbuilder - 2-8-2012 at 05:56 PM

We left Loreto at 0600, with a few drops on the truck and damp roads. Sprinkles off and on as we went through Mulege and out Punta Chivato, and off and on light rain to San Ignacio where we stopped at about noon.
About 1400 it rained, gently at first, and then very hard for an hour or so. Wind with the rain.
We met some ladies in town who had gotten rained out of whale watching in GN, and who had then driven on to San Ignacio, because they wanted to see whales TODAY!
I have a feeling that they may be 0 for 2.
(BTW, they had no idea they needed visas, and the GN checkpoint was un-manned when they drove through late last night)

Paula - 2-8-2012 at 06:05 PM

Very light showers off and on in Loreto, still a soft, beautiful cloudy sky... hope we get more tonight!

shari - 2-8-2012 at 07:05 PM

It was a spectacular changing sky today...sunny and crispy clear making it perfect for whale watching from our front yard today...dozens passed us by heading north. The wind shifted back to the NW and blew some of the rain clouds back at us for sunset. A rainbow appeared over Pta.Prieta and the sky and ocean turned goldy orange. then all grew dark and it even thundered! what a thril!

Here are some of the images that end with fluffy sunset slouds over my cherry tomatoes.

mulegemichael - 2-8-2012 at 07:15 PM

you live in a really really beautiful part of the world, amiga.

shari - 2-8-2012 at 07:19 PM

lo se amigo....I am truly blessed.

sweet thundering Jesus....its pouring down hard now...lightning and thunder....wowie zowie

[Edited on 2-9-2012 by shari]

Pompano - 2-8-2012 at 07:53 PM

7:30 p.m. Conception Bay ...it was raining 'inside' at Collete's 'Estrella del Mar' cantina, Rancho Coyote :rolleyes:

"If you are already wet, you won’t care about the rain."

It's all good!

Russ - 2-8-2012 at 08:12 PM

Steady rain & showers since 3:30 pm. My gauge total at 8 pm is .89" This is the rain that soaks in and we should see a specular burst of growth soon.
56º ~ W wind at 12mph

Pompano - 2-8-2012 at 08:17 PM

A word of warning for road traffic.

This rain will cause a lot of small slides, so look for rocks on the highway next to cliffsides. I just drove to Coyote Bay from Mulege and there LOTS of good-sized rocks on the pavement.

USE CAUTION...SLOW DOWN ON THOSE CURVES NEXT TO THE CLIFFSIDE.

BajaBlanca - 2-8-2012 at 08:55 PM

amazing how the weather is really different depending on where in Baja you are - we had drizzles of steady rain from about 1:30 on last nihgt. No thunder. no lightning. and not a whole lotta rain but, like I said, steady.

then this afternoon we could see black black clouds towards asuncion and here it was a gorgeous sunny afternoon - it actually got HOT.

clear skies outside now ....

Good soaker in...

windgrrl - 2-8-2012 at 08:56 PM

...Cabo until around 2 p.m. Great day for shopping and touring.