Digression: Explaining Rain to Southern Californians
After not having had real rain in more than eight months, and having had a year with less than half as much rain as usual, today's bucketing rain here in San Diego is causing some entertaining behaviors, as well as traffic frustrations.
Here, for example, is the National Weather Service forecast re-explaining to readers the difference between heavy, moderate, and light rain:
1THE RAIN IS HERE. MOST OF THE SHOWERS IN THIS MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW ARE LIGHT...BUT THERE ARE A FEW MODERATE SHOWERS. THEY MAY SEEM HEAVY TO US WHO HAVE NOT SEEN REAL HEAVY RAIN IN A LONG TIME.
