By Gary Robbins
Originally published March 21, 2011 at 6:18 a.m., updated March 21, 2011 at 12:20 p.m.
Readers report that hail has fallen in Carlsbad, Escondido, Solana Beach and Pine Valley, and that heavy snow is currently falling at the Palomar Observatory. Snow was falling in Pine Valley, at about the 3,800-foot level.
David Wright in Pine Valley sent an email saying, "Snow stopped again. Vacillates between snow, rain, and light hail. Has subsided for now. The chickens and turkeys do not seem to like it."
The raw weather is being produced by cold air from the storm that moved ashore last night and dropped more than one inch of rain on many parts of the county. Sporadic showers, and possibly a thunderstorm or two, are possible through this afternoon, says the National Weather Service. A winter weather advisory will remain in effect for the eastern-most section of the county until 6 p.m. The winds have died out after gusting 40 mph to 50 mph late Sunday afternoon and evening.
The weather service says, "A fast moving short-wave will move rapidly to the east-southeast, possibly bringing some light precipitation along and west of the mountains for Tuesday morning.
"Yet another shortwave could reach southwest California bringing another chance of light to locally moderate precipitation late Wednesday and Wednesday night."
Oh, and by the way, spring began at 4:21 p.m. on Sunday.
The National Weather Service released this list of rainfall totals across Southern California. Some of the figures in our chart are higher because we drew information from a larger number of sources.
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