How is the weather?

[Irons]

Looks like we'll be getting some rain this week in SoCal.

Read recently, rained every day somewhere in the UK so far this year. A first apparently. Pouring as I type this.

[Kalevala]

Looks like we'll be getting some rain this week in SoCal.

How is it going?  Hoping that you haven't/aren't dealing with any flooding (watching current news on t.v.).

K

[Daverz]

A proper rainstorm here:

Special Weather Statement
Issued: 1:27 PM Feb. 16, 2026 – National Weather Service
...GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY THROUGH
215 PM PST...

At 127 PM PST, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line
extending from near Poway to near Point Loma. Movement was northeast
at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
El Cajon, La Mesa, Poway, Ramona, Coronado, Mission Valley,
Hillcrest, Linda Vista, North Park, Mission Beach, Midway District
Including Lindbergh Field, Tierrasanta, University City, Downtown San
Diego, Point Loma, La Jolla, Escondido, Santee, Lemon Grove, and
Rancho San Diego.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&


MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

Luckily I'm indoors, safe from the 0.00 inch hailstones.

[Kalevala]

A proper rainstorm here:

Special Weather Statement
Issued: 1:27 PM Feb. 16, 2026 – National Weather Service
...GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY THROUGH
215 PM PST...

At 127 PM PST, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line
extending from near Poway to near Point Loma. Movement was northeast
at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
El Cajon, La Mesa, Poway, Ramona, Coronado, Mission Valley,
Hillcrest, Linda Vista, North Park, Mission Beach, Midway District
Including Lindbergh Field, Tierrasanta, University City, Downtown San
Diego, Point Loma, La Jolla, Escondido, Santee, Lemon Grove, and
Rancho San Diego.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&


MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

Luckily I'm indoors, safe from the 0.00 inch hailstones.

Thanks for the news, along the lines of what I was hearing in the news here.  Hope that you will be well.  And I hope that there isn't serious flooding in California.

Best wishes,

K

[Karl Henning]

Wicked nor'easter coming in. 10-16" new snow (wet & heavy stuff) expected tomorrow. 

[VonStupp]

Wicked nor'easter coming in. 10-16" new snow (wet & heavy stuff) expected tomorrow.

Sounds nasty! I guess you won't be going anywhere for a while.
VS

[Kalevala]

Read recently, rained every day somewhere in the UK so far this year. A first apparently. Pouring as I type this.

That's interesting.  Hopefully, just gentle and no flooding?  Anything planted yet in your allotments?

Snowing here a bit.  Probably more to come.

K

[Karl Henning]

Sounds nasty! I guess you won't be going anywhere for a while.
VS

A sound guess, mon vieux!

[Karl Henning]

Wicked nor'easter coming in. 10-16" new snow (wet & heavy stuff) expected tomorrow.

The snow started falling around 10 p.m., eventually strengthening into a bomb cyclone. This brutal winter weather is expected to eventually produce whiteout conditions, especially the first half of Monday, with heavy snow falling at 1 to 3 inches an hour at times, mixed with whipping winds. A blizzard warning stretches from Massachusetts and Rhode Island up north through southern New Hampshire and coastal Maine, for Sunday afternoon through Tuesday morning.

[Kalevala]

I'm back in from Round 2 of shoveling (an hour each time).  A bit more to do tomorrow, but did what I needed to get done today.  I'll sleep well tonight.

@Karl Henning Hope that you don't lose power!

K

[71 dB]

The winter is giving up and the coldest days are over. Temperature is about -5°C/23°F which feels quite mild after the colder period.

[Karl Henning]

I'm back in from Round 2 of shoveling (an hour each time).  A bit more to do tomorrow, but did what I needed to get done today.  I'll sleep well tonight.

@Karl Henning Hope that you don't lose power!

K

We've been fine. Barbara lives in Rockport, and her power was out for six hours and a half. 

[Szykneij]

We've been fine. Barbara lives in Rockport, and her power was out for six hours and a half.

Our power has been fine, too, and Barbara was actually lucky. I got an email from National Grid stating it could take up to three days to repair some outages.

[Karl Henning]

Our power has been fine, too, and Barbara was actually lucky. I got an email from National Grid stating it could take up to three days to repair some outages.

Glad you're good, Tony!

[Karl Henning]

Raw morning: sleety snow, though not in the volume forecast yesterday. I'm subbing at the High School (half day) and I didn't know there would be a two-hour delay as a result of the weather, but really that just means that my day is still shorter.

[Kalevala]

Raw morning: sleety snow, though not in the volume forecast yesterday. I'm subbing at the High School (half day) and I didn't know there would be a two-hour delay as a result of the weather, but really that just means that my day is still shorter.

Do they still pay you for the delay or if the school is closed due to the weather?

Nasty outside this morning though I got lucky; my neighbor used his snow blower on my sidewalk!    I still have a bit of shoveling to do, but not nearly as much thanks to him.

K