Impressive rain totals where it counts

I have a rain gauge I check each morning when I go out to get my newspaper.  The totals are logged on a simple notebook file just so I can keep track of where we are in the rainfall season.  This morning, I'm sorry to report that my 24 hour rain fall total won't be entirely accurate.  You see...  my 6 inch rain gauge was over flowing this morning!!  Yup! More than 6" of rain in the past 24 hours!

What's even better is that this rain is falling where it counts; up stream from the reservoirs and then turning to a very heavy snow pack with a high moisture content higher up the mountain. 

I just wanted to post this up as it's good news and wanted to share.
Here's my totals at my house so far this season;

Oct 17    .25
Oct 28    .10
Nov 1     .60
Nov 2     .60
Nov 8     .50
Nov 9    1.50
Nov 15  1.00
Nov 24    .50
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SUBTOTAL 6.05

December  3    .75
December 10 1.00
December 11   .25
December 13   .50
December 18   .25
December 20   Trace
December 21   .75
December 22  6.00++ (overflowing gauge at 7am)

That's a total of 12.8" of rain this season.

We had 1.14" in the last 24 hours at my house.  I reset the digital gauge when I left for work.  Just over 6.5" for the 2nd half of 2015.

Big surprise was seeing a large pine tree toppled over on the fence line between me & my neighbor.  Luckily the tree was on the other side of the fence & fell to their side.  Had it of fallen the other direction it would have taken out the power & telephone lines running to our transformers.

I just saw that Tahoe has raised almost 2" in the last couple days. That is a "S" load of water.

To show how much as come down over the past two days, my resort, Sierra At Tahoe, where I have my season pass, has been CLOSED for the past two days and closed today due to TOO MUCH SNOW!!! 

Great post, Jerry.  Lots of rain across the entire north state yesterday.

I just saw that Tahoe has raised almost 2" in the last couple days. That is a "S" load of water.

Do you have a link for that info, Rob?  Thx.

This chart shows the lake rose from 1.4 feet to slightly more than 1.6 feet, a difference of .2+feet.  That equals 2.4 inches

I found that on this page;
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?site_no=10337000

Excellent news. 

My mom and dad live in the Big Sur mountains and also received over 6" from the last storm.  Hope we get lots more!

Josh

I saw three accidents on my drive home driving Hwy17 North.  Yup, must be rainy winter!

I saw three accidents on my drive home driving Hwy17 North.  Yup, must be rainy winter!

That happens rain or shine...