PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT…CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1001 PM PDT WED JUN 03 2009 ..TIME… …EVENT… …CITY LOCATION… …LAT.LON… ..DATE… ….MAG…. ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. …SOURCE…. ..REMARKS.. 1100 AM LIGHTNING BIG BEAR CITY 34.27N 116.85W 06/03/2009 SAN BERNARDINO CA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE *** 1 FATAL *** A FEMALE DRIVER WAS KILLED WHEN LIGHTNING STRUCK A [...]

Some stats for yesterday’s wet weather: Rain Totals: DesertWeather (1000 Palms): 0.22 in. Thousand Palms (Tri-Palms): 0.20 Palm Springs Airport: 0.34 Cathedral City: 0.16 Rancho Mirage: 0.20 Palm Desert (Fred Waring & Cook): 0.17 Pinyon Pines: 1.20 Indio: 0.08 Thermal: 0.14 Anza: 0.72 rain Idyllwild: 2 inches of new snow Borrego Springs: 0.50

Skies are clear this morning but be forewarned another another storm system is expected this weekend. Storm totals for yesterday’s storm: RAINFALL STORM TOTAL SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 945 PM PST MON FEB 9 2009 RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE PERIOD (UNLESS SNOW IS INDICATED) BEGINNING: 400 PM PST SUN FEB 8 2009 [...]

After a dry January with no measurable rain and above normal temperatures, we finally saw a nice light to moderate rain this morning. Starting around 4:15am the rain was moderately steady through the 6 o’clock hour. The heaviest rainfall rate was around 5am at 0.29″ per hour. Some unofficial rainfall amounts through 10am: Revised unofficial [...]

Preliminary rainfall amounts from 7pm 12/16 to 7:40am 12/18: Palm Springs Airport: 1.67 inches (Broke old “official” record of 1.51 set in 1940) Cathedral City:  1.59 Rancho Mirage: 1.52 Thousand Palms (DesertWeather.com): 1.36 Palm Desert (Cook & Fred Warning): 1.39 Indio Hills: 0.98 Thermal Airport: 1.34 Snowfall amounts: Big Bear: 22 inches Lake Arrowhead: 18 [...]