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We’ve gotten sufficient, not excessive, precipitation over the last two months for the desert plants and the lower hills are really green. Very nice to look at.
Yes, Portions of Indian canyon, Gene Autry and Vista Chino are still closed as of this writing. These are vital routes to Palm springs and these 3 amigos always causes traffic mayhem and accidents on alternate routes.
Not to change the subject because weather is important and it is on OPs mind; Is that one of the most amazing commutes on planet Earth. I do it 3-4 times a month and it keeps my mind busy. Going from the coast, through several layers of chaparral. Up and up to pine forest. And then down the mountain side-land of the bighorn sheep-an amazing biome found nowhere else. Arriving at lowest desert in North America. I’ve driven many miles in every direction off the highway and it is all utterly amazing.
It’s all pretty special and hard to explain to anyone who has never done it. I’ve done Breakfast at paseo, lunch in Idyllwild and dinner in oceanside harbor many times on my lucky commute.
I visit clients when needed a few times a month. Sometimes I’ll just find a reason. It’s nice to eat breakfast or lunch in the snow and have dinner with a sunset on the beach.
It was far less of an impact than had been predicted. The original forecast was for as much as 2 inches here, but we got about a third of that.
2 inches may not sound like much but (a) in a flat desert with sand, there isn't great drainage and floods can happen easily and (b) the bigger worry is higher precipitation amounts in the mountains eventually flowing down to us. Luckily (b) didn't happen.
There were a few road closures in the city, but those roads are near washes and even a small amount of rain can flood and close them. Everything else is fine, though we are expecting more rain over the weekend.
It seems we dodged the worst impact. Just had some normal winter rain. It’s cool and dreary out today. Prob get some intermittent stuff, but nothing serious.
As usual the local news blew it way out of proportion. That said, we got some lovely measurable rain with minimal impact on the community. The Palm Springs trifecta closes for heavy wind, let alone rain. The rest of the valley seemed relatively unaffected. Just enjoying our rain!
My good friend is driving up a generator and gallons of water to Wrightwood right now. His friend's house is safe from flooding (for now). I'm his emergency backup if and when things go south. We've coordinated Garmin communication, and I've checked my recovery gear. I offered to go and help but he declined. I hope all of you are safe.
A few showers 🤷🏻♂️. Seriously, we got less rain over the past few days than we did during a storm in early November. I’m from the East Coast and the amount of precipitation would be considered an “April shower” back home.
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We’ve gotten sufficient, not excessive, precipitation over the last two months for the desert plants and the lower hills are really green. Very nice to look at.
Yes, Portions of Indian canyon, Gene Autry and Vista Chino are still closed as of this writing. These are vital routes to Palm springs and these 3 amigos always causes traffic mayhem and accidents on alternate routes.
We drove over from Oceanside yesterday. Roads were fine.
Not to change the subject because weather is important and it is on OPs mind; Is that one of the most amazing commutes on planet Earth. I do it 3-4 times a month and it keeps my mind busy. Going from the coast, through several layers of chaparral. Up and up to pine forest. And then down the mountain side-land of the bighorn sheep-an amazing biome found nowhere else. Arriving at lowest desert in North America. I’ve driven many miles in every direction off the highway and it is all utterly amazing.
It’s all pretty special and hard to explain to anyone who has never done it. I’ve done Breakfast at paseo, lunch in Idyllwild and dinner in oceanside harbor many times on my lucky commute.
What is the route for this, sounds interesting?
From Oceanside-
76 east 15 north 79 east 371 north 79 east
79/111 is at El Paseo in PD
Basically:
Oceanside- Bonsall/Fallbrook- Temecula- Aguanga- Anza/Cahuilla Casino- Garner Valley/Paradise Valley Cafe- Santa Rosa National Monument- Palm Desert
Fun drive when it is snowing. Great food everywhere. Pull off on a random road and get lost kind of drive.
HWY 74/111 in PD.
Sorry. Thanks!
I visit clients when needed a few times a month. Sometimes I’ll just find a reason. It’s nice to eat breakfast or lunch in the snow and have dinner with a sunset on the beach.
Yes, Bay Area to Mammoth Mountain is another excellent one
La Quinta- all sunshine today
Cat city all good. Glad I didn’t have to drive beautiful out now.
Vista Chino had some flooding and was closed.
It was far less of an impact than had been predicted. The original forecast was for as much as 2 inches here, but we got about a third of that.
2 inches may not sound like much but (a) in a flat desert with sand, there isn't great drainage and floods can happen easily and (b) the bigger worry is higher precipitation amounts in the mountains eventually flowing down to us. Luckily (b) didn't happen.
There were a few road closures in the city, but those roads are near washes and even a small amount of rain can flood and close them. Everything else is fine, though we are expecting more rain over the weekend.
It seems we dodged the worst impact. Just had some normal winter rain. It’s cool and dreary out today. Prob get some intermittent stuff, but nothing serious.
As usual the local news blew it way out of proportion. That said, we got some lovely measurable rain with minimal impact on the community. The Palm Springs trifecta closes for heavy wind, let alone rain. The rest of the valley seemed relatively unaffected. Just enjoying our rain!
Exactly. Local Wx news is all about selling the hype. If ya want the weather go to the source, ie. NOAA, not the news.
Back to normal sunny weather
My good friend is driving up a generator and gallons of water to Wrightwood right now. His friend's house is safe from flooding (for now). I'm his emergency backup if and when things go south. We've coordinated Garmin communication, and I've checked my recovery gear. I offered to go and help but he declined. I hope all of you are safe.
All good here in Indio!
No Wx issues in the Gateway neighborhood of PS. It’s all good here now.
Palm Desert was good to go. It was beautiful today though.
G
Downtown PS area. Did no damage and only got around 1/2 of what AccuWeather stated we would. Meteorologist-Latin for liar or guestamator.
It’s fine. Have you looked at the weather forecast?
I see rain tonight - any idea what you guys are expecting?
A few showers 🤷🏻♂️. Seriously, we got less rain over the past few days than we did during a storm in early November. I’m from the East Coast and the amount of precipitation would be considered an “April shower” back home.
Maybe you didn’t scroll far enough. Palm Springs is in a desert and a rain shadow. It gets little rain even during big storms.
https://preview.redd.it/7isnmzpckk9g1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=454cbc10389503c305e3d23c3d67635b73059d1b
absolutely nothing but a little rain and more hype from forecasters which only made sure tourists and visitors stayed away.