UPDATE 10:50 p.m. — One little update from the National Weather Service, over 180 lightening strikes in the Emerald Triangle today. And though there is rain, fire is still possible, so remain vigilante.
https://twitter.com/NWSEureka/status/1160063640466157569?s=20
UPDATE 10:10 p.m. — Readers from southern Ukiah, all the way up to Myers Flat (about 90 miles north) are reporting rain and lightening, from heavy downpours to a light sprinkling.
Readers in Covelo, and along the Mendocino coast have also reported heavy rain and lightening, showing that the storm is covering essentially all of the county.
Here is a snapshot of the Doppler radar at about 10 p.m. showing heavy rain from about Redwood Valley all the way up to Medford Oregon:
ORIGINAL
MENDOCINO CO., 8/9/19 — A sudden summer rain shower, and a little lightning and thunder, has swept into northern Mendocino County, drenching Willits and neighboring areas. The showers began with some rain at around 7:40 p.m., this evening and were followed by a brief downpour at around 8:30 p.m., having now settled into a sprinkle.
What are you seeing?
The National Weather Service predicted cooling temperatures and scattered showers today, but mainly warned of much lightening over Trinity County and neighboring areas, actually declaring a red flag warning (a state of heightened fire risk) over that area.
https://twitter.com/NWSEureka/status/1159875579396497409?s=20
But father south we got cool humid weather, with a pretty good rain, that the National Weather Service out of Hanford described as resembling “a wet season scenario not August.”
Here are are a few more Tweets from the NWS describing the odd weather.
https://twitter.com/NWSHanford/status/1160012355935203328?s=20
https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1160023127184687104?s=20
https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1159988236069982209?s=20
Editor’s note: This is what people in California (myself included) be like when it rains in the summer:
We got all three, lightning, thunder & rain in Ft. Bragg on Highway 20 about 4 miles east of Highway 1. Very loud. Rained for about 2 hours.
Nice report. Thank you. FYI. 3/8” 4 miles north of Willits.
Huge lightning and thunder in Newport – power out since last night at 8. Houseshaking thunderboomers and lightning almost simultaneously.
Vigilante? Lightening? Why get into the business where you have to write for a living if you don’t have a basic grasp of the language?