We got more rain today in Northern California!

@TheHorse (218789)

Walnut Creek, California

December 3, 2015 5:02pm CST

This time the weather people were right. I was suspicious when I saw sunshine this morning. But we had a nice moderate rain here in the San Francisco Bay Are today. It lasted from late morning through the early afternoon. We've had about five moderate rains in the past month or so. It's a perfect way to prepare the ground for the El Nino rains we're expecting this Winter. Maybe I'll even be able to get a garden going this Spring. How's the weather in your neck of the woods?

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@much2say (55601)

• Los Angeles, California

3 Dec 15

Hi Bay Area! There is not a drop down here in LA - in fact it was rather warm today. I sure hope that rain is coming by this way - I'm waiting for it - but no sign of it thus far!!

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@much2say (55601)

• Los Angeles, California

3 Dec 15

@TheHorse I see a couple partly cloudy days in the 10 day forecast but the rest seems to be mostly sunny out here. Boo hoo - please make your rain come this way!!

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Dec 15

@much2say I'll try to send a bit South. They say we might have some more showers tonight, but I'm not counting on it.

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Dec 15

I'm not sure if this storm is going to extend that far South or not.

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@makingpots (11915)

• United States

4 Dec 15

It has been rainy lately here in North Texas. We have broken the record and are now having the wettest year in history. Texas is rather flat in this area and we have flooding issues when it rains too much at once. Last spring brought wide spreed flooding and we are still experiencing some effects from it at this time in December.

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@makingpots (11915)

• United States

6 Dec 15

@TheHorse I'm in the Dallas/Ft Worth area. Most would consider Lubbock west Texas.

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Dec 15

Wow. Flooding would be a pain. Where in North Texas are you? I've visited Lubbock. Is that considered North Texas?

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Nanette Piotrowski

@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

5 Dec 15

@TheHorse I'm not sure where @makingpots is at but I'm halfway between Dallas & Houston and we broke the all-time record for rainfall; over 50".

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@Hatley (163776)

• Garden Grove, California

4 Dec 15

Darn send some of that rain down to Southern California I l ive in Garden Grove and we did not get even one measly dro p. Nobody in the weather realm loves us here in drought stricken Southern part of California,. we are just thirty miles from L A Cloudy yes but dry as the proverbial bone lol

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Dec 15

Sending El Nino thoughts your way.

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Dec 15

@nanette64 That's what I was thinking. They really need it down South. We've had a few rains here in the North of California.

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Nanette Piotrowski

@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

5 Dec 15

Uh-oh @Hatley , I should have split some of that up; some your way, some to the UK.

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@suziecat7 (3350)

• Asheville, North Carolina

3 Dec 15

It's finally cooling off here in the North Carolina mountains. We've been lucky so far though we did get a lot of rain a few days ago. I'm just glad it wasn't snow.

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@suziecat7 (3350)

• Asheville, North Carolina

4 Dec 15

@TheHorse For sure - we get some bad ones here and we are due. The last couple of winters were easy on us.

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Dec 15

@suziecat7 Easy as in not too many deep freezes and not too much snow?

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Dec 15

Will you get some snow later in the Winter?

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@poehere (15123)

• French Polynesia

4 Dec 15

Island weather this time of year - sun - warm- and humid. sort of getting very hot here on the islands right now.

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Dec 15

That doesn't sound very Christmas-like!

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Dec 15

@poehere I'll have to look at a world map to see exactly where you are!

@poehere (15123)

• French Polynesia

6 Dec 15

@TheHorse No it doesn't but that is island life south of he equator. that is how it is here this time of year. But what is wonderful is that we have skiing all year round. When it's summer around here we can go to the US or Europe to go skiing. Then when it's summer there we can go to NZ to go skiing. So I guess we have the best of all worlds being in this part of the ocean.

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@JudyEv (339930)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Dec 15

Today was unseasonably cool with a sprinkle of rain. Our Writers' Group had their Christmas luncheon with a 'beach' theme but most of us had cardigans on.

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@Hatley (163776)

• Garden Grove, California

4 Dec 15

@TheHorse if el nino ,minds we actually get some of that stuff that falls in drops and is wet bring it on, we now have water rationing and we are in a drought condigtion.

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Dec 15

Sounds like a day at a Northern California beach. Bring a sweatshirt!

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@JudyEv (339930)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Dec 15

@TheHorse Last year's celebration saw us all with fly veils over our hats as it was a bush theme and held under some trees. What a difference a year makes!

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

4 Dec 15

I hope that all that rain will help you in your "dream" garden next Spring.

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Dec 15

Thank you so much! I've planted some snow peas for the Winter. We'll see if they survive. I read somewhere that they're "frost tolerant."

@DaddyEvil (137257)

• United States

5 Dec 15

We've had rain off an on over the last few weeks, @TheHorse ... Which is normal for Missouri. We actually had a little more rain than normal this last summer, even though the NWS claims we have had the next to the driest year here in Missouri... If that were true though, the lakes around here would have been below average instead of well above their high water marks! We have been warmer here for longer than normal. I was still wearing shorts and sandals up until two weeks ago... That isn't normal! I have heard that the first half of the winter California is supposed to get a lot of rain and then nothing for the last half... I hope that is wrong! You guys need to more water to pull out of that drought!

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Dec 15

Strange that the NWS data conflict with what locals are actually experiencing. I hadn't heard about to "front loading" here in CA. I thought El Nino was generally active from January through March. We shall see.

@PainsOnSlate (21852)

• Canada

4 Dec 15

Its been wet in Ontario too, its supposed to be nice for the weekend. I'm looking forward to sunshine.

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Dec 15

I enjoy the sunshine for hiking, but I wouldn't mind some more rain. Today, I took my afternoon kid client bowling.

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Dec 15

@PainsOnSlate We had a good time. I told him we'd make Christmas trees next week if it's dry.

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@PainsOnSlate (21852)

• Canada

4 Dec 15

@TheHorse I know you need it to rain so I hope you get it. Bowling is fun, sound like a good tiem.

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Nanette Piotrowski

@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

5 Dec 15

After sending all the massive rains here in Texas over to the UK (boy are they mad at me), we finally have sunshine @TheHorse .

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Dec 15

To the UK--oh my! I understand their sentiment.

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@norcal (4889)

• Franklinton, North Carolina

3 Dec 15

It's raining here in the Sierra Foothills now, has been for the past couple of hours. It is very nice, a welcome sight.

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Dec 15

Do you know what the snow level is there? I'll be peeking at our 3850 ft Mt.Diablo if we get some clearing here.

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@norcal (4889)

• Franklinton, North Carolina

4 Dec 15

@TheHorse they were predicting it would drop to 5000 feet

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Dec 15

@norcal Got it. Diablo is only (just under) 4,000 feet tall, so I won't expect anything tomorrow AM if it's clear.

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@T_gray (7774)

• Salina, Kansas

4 Dec 15

It's been unseasonably warm in Kansas. In the 50s with sunshine. I'll take that. I'm not a fan of winter and cold....

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Dec 15

I miss building snowmen and such like. But Winter gets old after a couple of months.

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@T_gray (7774)

• Salina, Kansas

6 Dec 15

@TheHorse winter gets old after a couple weeks for me...hehe

@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

3 Dec 15

We have a sunny morning now. Maybe having a warm weather the rest og the day

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Dec 15

What is typical for the Philippines at this time of year?

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@Plethos (13581)

• United States

4 Dec 15

ive yet to get some real rain down here in deep socal. just a light sprinkle, twice. lots of sun and dry cold.

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@Hatley (163776)

• Garden Grove, California

4 Dec 15

gosh im in SoCal but no s prinkle at all here in G arden Grove some big grayish clouds which never do mean anything as it just does not rain here. But its sure chilly fro SoCal doday.

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Dec 15

@Hatley Hopefully El Nino will really come through for you.

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@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

4 Dec 15

We had a ton of weather today, it kept changing. Right now it's chilly and dark.

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Dec 15

@ElizabethWallace We're all rooting for El Nino.

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Dec 15

Did you get some rain? That's my obsession right now.

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ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12074)

• United States

4 Dec 15

@TheHorse Mine too, but the bulk will come after the first of the year. Hold tight to your rain boots.

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@zebra2222 (5268)

• United States

3 Dec 15

I'm sure that you will see a lot more rain in the upcoming days.

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Dec 15

I'm not sure about this weekend. But I hope El Nino comes through this Winter.

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@LadyDuck (471497)

• Switzerland

4 Dec 15

We are still waiting for some rain, the temperature is very cold in the morning, but sunny during the day. A little rain will be welcome, to clean the air.

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@LadyDuck (471497)

• Switzerland

4 Dec 15

@TheHorse We have not a bad pollution here in Switzerland, but many have a fireplace, when it does not rain for weeks, if you have a white cat, you can see some traces of soot, nothing serious.

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Dec 15

@LadyDuck Interesting! I was wondering. I don't think of Switzerland as a polluted place. Here, we have "spare the air" days where we can't use fireplaces.

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Dec 15

Things can get pretty smoggy here if we don't have rain. What is your air like when there's been no rain?

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@softbabe44 (5816)

• Vancouver, Washington

4 Dec 15

The weather here in Washington changed a day ago we had really cold weather and not very standard days his would go no higher the 40s sometimes high for the day 36 the night time lows were 26 27 28 in there very cold.

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@softbabe44 (5816)

• Vancouver, Washington

6 Dec 15

@TheHorse Not good if you have things going on with your joints.

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Dec 15

@softbabe44 My lower back hurts a bit no matter what. It's raining again today, which is good.

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Dec 15

That sounds pretty cold. Our lows are back up into the 30s and 40s, but the highs are still in the 50s.

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Margaret Mwangi

@Missmwngi (12915)

• Nairobi, Kenya

4 Dec 15

A mixture of rain and sun shine here

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Dec 15

Is that typical for this time of year in Kenya?

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Dec 15

@Missmwngi I've noticed dryer but not warmer or cooler Winters here over the past decade or so.

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Margaret Mwangi

@Missmwngi (12915)

• Nairobi, Kenya

4 Dec 15

@TheHorse Yeap and with the climate change i guess we can expect any surprises

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ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12074)

• United States

4 Dec 15

It has been glorious this week, but cold at night. Ah, fall in SoCal.

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@Hatley (163776)

• Garden Grove, California

4 Dec 15

yes right now there are some big white to grey clouds b ut the sun is coming back out so no rain cold nights yes. I do miss the fall colors of the trees in Autumn but everything on my street is green and l ush excep for the few bottle br ush trees with their unioque bottle b rushes of red.

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@TheHorse (218789)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Dec 15

@Hatley I remember Southern California from my Santa Barbara days. We have some falling leaves up here now.

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ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12074)

• United States

5 Dec 15

@TheHorse Ha Ha. In SoCal, we think of Santa Barbara as in the north.

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