El Nino Strikes!

This log wound up in the Carmel River beach parking lot this morning. Waves at Buoy 42 were 22 feet at the time.

Tsunami?? No, just huge surf looming over Carmel River beach.

Bit blustery the past two days! This tree branch did not snap during the high winds of yesterday and early this morning, but simply snapped right in front of me about a minute before I took the picture, in light winds. It was obviously weakened by the storms and picked that time to give way.

After a long dry spell, El Nino has finally produced some good stormy weather in California. We've had three storms in the past three days. This mornings was the strongest in Monterey, with over an inch of rain, thunder, and huge surf. Yesterday we had 52 mph winds. Tomorrow and Thursday are forecast to be even stormier! A storm a day keeps the dust away, I reckon. This moisture is much needed...overall it will simply raise rainfall totals and reservoir levels to near average, but that will be a big improvement.