Ghost Clouds

February arrived wet in SoCal. A little under 2″ of rain in the last 24 hours. It’s been a fast-moving storm, so we’ve gotten heavy showers and then sun, followed by more showers, sun, showers, stars…

It’s odd going out to take a lap around the back yard. Sometimes it’s cold and clear with spooky ghost clouds scudding about but huge chunks of the sky crystal clear and starry, Orion and Jupiter bright above.

Then thirty minutes later I can go out and need to pick up an umbrella to take trash out.

They’re already warning us that after a sunny respite tomorrow, the weekend all the way into Wednesday and Thursday next week is going to be stupidly wet and cold and floody. We’re expecting 6″ to 8″ of rain here and there are mountain communities that are expecting 15″ or more. Let’s hope some of it’s snow, we need that even more than we need the rain.

But the long-range forecast for the 11th looks good. Let’s hope. We’ve got some partying to do!