WEATHER UPDATE: SUNDAY 3-8-2020

Our next storm system is spinning right off the Southern California Coast. You can spot it on the satellite loop below. Showers will develop late Monday afternoon and into Monday night. Rain with embedded downpours will be possible through the day on Tuesday. Showers will become more isolated heading into Wednesday.

It's not surprising that computer forecasts can't agree with this system. At this point, I'm going to rely on global models like the ECMWF (Euro) and GFS for this storm. They usually have better data over the Pacific Ocean. Euro is showing the most rainfall compared to the rest of the computer forecasts. It's showing 1-3" across the area.

I've posted the projected rain totals from the GFS computer model. It's showing 0.5" to 1.5" across the area, which seems somewhat reasonable though perhaps a tad conservative. It's a tough call considering that a slight shift in the storm track could dramatically increase or decrease those totals. I'm going to keep watching the data and will bring more updates if needed.

Snow levels will remain high with this system, so I'm not expecting snow in local mountains. 

SAN DIEGO RAIN TOTALS: SATURDAY 3-7-2020

Alpine (ANEC1)	0.01
Barona (BNAC1)	0.02
Barret Lake (BRTC1)	0.00
Barrett Junction (BAJC1)	0.00
Birch Hill (IRCC1)	0.06
Bonita (BNNC1)	0.06
Bonsall (BOSC1)	0.06
Brown Field (SDM)	0.13
Cactus County Park (CCPC1)	0.00
Cuyamaca Reservoir (CYDC1)	0.02
Deer Springs (DRGC1)	0.02
Descanso (DENC1)	0.00
Descanso RS (DSCC1)	0.00
Dulzura Summit (DULC1)	0.00
Eastern Tanks (ETKC1)	0.00
Echo Dell (ECDC1)	0.00
El Cajon (LCKC1)	0.00
El Camino Del Norte (ECMC1)	0.06
El Capitan Dam (ELPC1)	0.00
Encinitas (ENCC1)	0.20
Escondido (ESOC1)	0.01
Fashion Valley (FSNC1)	0.00
Flinn Springs (FLYC1)	0.00
Goose Valley (GOSC1)	0.00
Granite Hills (GRHC1)	0.01
Harbison Canyon (HARC1)	0.00
Henshaw Dam (HAWC1)	0.00
Julian (JLNC1)	0.01
Julian (JULC1)	0.00
Kearny Mesa (KEAC1)	0.13
La Jolla Amago (LJOC1)	0.00
La Mesa (LMSC1)	0.00
Lake Hodges (HODC1)	0.01
Las Flores (LSFC1)	0.21
Lindbergh Int'l Airport (SAN)	0.01
Marron Valley (MAVC1)	0.00
Mesa Grande (MEGC1)	0.00
Miramar Lake (MMRC1)	0.08
Mission Valley (BVDC1)	0.02
Montgomery Field (MYF)	0.05
Mt Woodson Rd - Ramona (RMAC1)	0.03
Oceanside (OCNC1)	0.00
Oceanside (OKB)	0.03
Otay Mountain (OTYC1)	0.06
Palomar Airport (CRQ)	0.05
Palomar Airport (PLMC1)	0.05
Palomar Mountain CRS (PMMC1)	0.03
Pine Hills (PIHC1)	0.04
Pine Hills Fire Station (PHIC1)	0.02
Point Loma (L13)	0.00
Potrero (PRCC1)	0.02
Potrero CDF (POTC1)	0.01
Poway (PWYC1)	0.02
Ramona (RMNC1)	0.00
Ramona (RNM)	0.01
Rancho Bernardo (RNBC1)	0.01
Red Gate Repeater (RGPC1)	0.00
Rincon Springs (RINC1)	0.00
Roads Division 1 HQ (RDHC1)	0.00
San Diego Estates (ESTC1)	0.00
San Marcos Cnty Rd Stn (SMXC1)	0.05
San Marcos Landfill (NMLC1)	0.01
San Miguel (MIGC1)	0.06
San Pasqual (PSQC1)	0.02
Santa Ysabel (SYSC1)	0.00
Santee - Mast Rd (STEC1)	0.04
Skyline Ranch (SKLC1)	0.01
Sutherland Dam (SUDC1)	0.00
Vallecitos Repeater (VCIC1)	0.00
Valley Center (VALC1)	0.01
Valley Center (VLCC1)	0.02
Volcano Mountain (VCNC1)	0.00
Warner Springs (WSGC1)	0.00
Wire Mountain (WIRC1)	0.02
Witch Creek Fire Stn (WCHC1)	0.01
Wohlford Dam (WHLC1)	0.01