Wet Enough, Yet?

For those in the OC who don't think they got enough rain the last few days, not to worry. The big stuff is still coming (from the National Weather Service):

... FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON PST TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS... COACHELLA VALLEY... ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS... RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS... SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS... SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE... SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS... SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS... SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS... SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS AND SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS.

* A LARGE PACIFIC PLUME OF MOISTURE AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY RAINS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR AREAS OF SERIOUS FLOODING...

* FROM NOON PST TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

* RAINFALL RATES NEAR OR GREATER THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS.

* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF MOST STREAMS AND WASHES... AND ALONG LOW LYING AREAS ADJACENT TO MAJOR RIVERS.

* MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS AREA ALSO POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY BELOW STEEP TERRAIN AND AREAS WITH LITTLE TO NO VEGETATION.

* RUNOFF COMING OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL FILL AND COULD OVERFLOW STREAMS ON THE DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS... THUS THE DESERTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT ON WEDNESDAY. WITH THE RAINFALL ALREADY RECEIVED... THIS ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS... PARTICULARLY IN AND AROUND THE RECENT BURN AREAS.

Los Angeles County got the worst of it over the weekend, but the plume is moving south a bit and that will bring it right into the OC. We had a similar situation back in the early 90's and got 6 1/2 inches of rain in one day. Don't want to see that again.