Very Unusual Weather in San Francisco Today, the seasons are defiantly blending together.

For those of you who don’t know summer rain in San Francisco especially from this type of storm is practically unheard of. This is part of the forecast discussion from the National Weather Service for the San Francisco bay area today. The weather men are even asking what time of year it is.

http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=MTR&a...

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

745 PM PDT TUE JUN 28 2011

.DISCUSSION...WHAT TIME OF YEAR IS IT? A MID LATITUDE CYCLONE BROUGHT

LARGE RAINFALL TOTALS TO THE BAY AREA COUNTIES AND IT`S ALMOST THE

END OF JUNE. A HIGHLY UNUSUAL WEATHER EVENT IT WAS TODAY MUCH MORE

REMINISCENT OF A COOL SEASON STORMY WEATHER DAY. SAN FRANCISCO

REPORTED JUST OVER 3/4 INCH OF RAINFALL WITH A SPOTTER REPORT WITHIN

THE CITY AT 1 INCH OF RAIN. OAKLAND REPORTED JUST OVER 1 INCH OF RAIN

AND NAPA AND NAPA AIRPORT REPORTED JUST SHY OF 1 INCH OF RAIN AT

0.90 INCHES. OUR BAPSU (BAY AREA PUBLIC SERVICE UNIT) DILIGENTLY PUT

TOGETHER ALL THE RAINFALL TOTALS AND COMPARISONS AGAINST RECORDS...

PLEASE SEE PRODUCT PNSMTR (WMO HEADER NOUS46 KMTR). ADDITIONALLY

KENTFIELD...SANTA ROSA AND SAN RAFAEL ONLY MADE IT ONLY AS FAR AS THE

UPPER 50S TODAY. USUALLY INLAND VALLEY HEAT IS WELL UNDERWAY THIS

TIME OF YEAR. FOR INSTANCE A SHORT DRIVE FROM THE OCEAN OR BAY WATERS

TO THE NORTH BAY COUNTY VINEYARDS IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH A

TRANSITION TO SUNNY HOT DRY WEATHER. SANTA ROSA`S HIGH WAS 22 DEGREES

BELOW NORMAL!

Just about every city in the Bay Area broke rain fall records today.

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?wfo=mtr&sid=...

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NOUS46 KMTR 290309
PNSMTR
CAZ006-505>513-516>518-528>530-290800-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT COR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CA
800 PM PDT TUE JUN 28 2011

THE FOLLOWING ARE PRELIMINARY PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND RECORDS FOR TODAY JUNE 28TH 2011
AND FOR JUNE RAINFALL TOTALS TO DATE FOR SELECTED LOCATIONS AROUND OUR AREA.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA (AS OF 5:00 PM JUNE 28)
.LOCATION............JUNE 28.....PREVIOUS.........JUNE RAINFALL......JUNE RAINFALL
.....................TOTALS......JUNE 28 RECORD...TOTALS TO DATE.....RECORDS
SANTA ROSA.........0.79/2011*...0.70/1991........2.50/2011*.........2.43/1929
KENTFIELD..........0.56/2011*...0.30/1952........2.47/2011..........3.42/1967
SAN RAFAEL.........0.30/2011*...0.30/1991........0.74/2011..........2.33/1967
NAPA...............0.90/2011*...0.40/1991........2.55/2011*.........1.95/1967
SAN FRANCISCO......0.78/2011*...0.22/1952........1.99/2011..........2.57/1884
SF AIRPORT.........0.52/2011*...0.14/1992........1.49/2011*.........0.97/2011
OAKLAND............1.03/2011*...0.21/1991........2.50/2011*.........1.47/2011
OAKLAND AIRPORT....0.77/2011*...0.21/1952........1.86/2011*.........1.09/2011
RICHMOND...........0.90/2011*...0.16/1991........1.90/2011*.........1.46/1993
LIVERMORE..........0.65/2011*...0.07/1991........1.35/2011*.........0.83/1929
SAN JOSE...........0.52/2011*...0.02/1952........1.42/2011*.........0.90/2011

MONTEREY BAY AREA
.LOCATION............JUNE 28.....PREVIOUS.........JUNE RAINFALL......JUNE RAINFALL
.....................TOTALS......JUNE 28 RECORD...TOTALS TO DATE.....RECORDS TO DATE
MONTEREY...........0.03/2011*...0.02/2001........0.63/2011..........1.56/1967
SANTA CRUZ.........0.29/2011*...0.21/1991........2.00/2011*.........1.75/1929
SALINAS...............T/2011....0.01/2001........0.19/2011..........0.59/1995
SALINAS AIRPORT.......T/2011....0.01/2005........0.12/2011..........0.70/1934
KING CITY..........0.00/........0.00/............0.14/2011..........1.00/1931

* MEANS A NEW RECORD WAS SET

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