New Season
We had one scattered shot of rain in September, but otherwise it's been dry since spring. Until now. From this morning's National Weather Service forecast discussion:

A SERIES OF EVEN STRONGER SYSTEMS WILL BE DROPPING S
DOWN THE COAST IN A DEEPENING COLD UPPER TROF. ONE SHORT WAVE COMES
ACROSS NOCAL LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE BRUNT OF ITS RAIN
POINTED AT THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND SIERRA...THOUGH THE COASTAL REGION
SHOULD STILL SEE SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY AS WELL THRU TONIGHT. THE
NEXT SHORT WAVE DROPS DOWN MONDAY INTO THE N BAY WHERE MOST OF
THE RAIN WILL BE CONCENTRATED...THEN THE STRONGEST OF ALL IS TAPPED
FOR TUESDAY...WITH POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINS PROGRESSING N-S THRU THE
ENTIRE DISTRICT. A CLOSED LOW FORMS WITHIN THE TROF AND DROPS DOWN
TO THE OR/CA COAST TUE AND THEN MAKES ITS WAY DOWN THE CA COAST WED
AND THU ACCORDING TO THE GFS. SO...THIS FIRST WINTER-TYPE RAIN
PATTERN OF THE SEASON WILL BE A PROLONGED ONE...WITH RAIN CHANCES
CONTINUING EACH DAY THRU WED AT LEAST. EVEN MORE RAIN IS SCHEDULED
TO ARRIVE NEXT WEEKEND AS ANOTHER MAJOR TROF DIGS S ALONG THE COAST.