A little unseasonal rain

Our rainy season typically runs from December through March. Our area on average gets about 12 inches of rain a year. The weather forecasters have been screaming about rain from the rooftops for the last week with stories of impending washed out parades, outdoor concerts and the like. The skies did cloud up starting on Friday evening but the big rodeo in Santa Maria started as scheduled and you know those cowboys - nothing was going to stop them. We heard that Cambria (about 1 hour north of us) got over an inch of rain on Saturday while we got .02 of an inch! By midnight Saturday we had received about 1/4 inch and another 1/4 inch today. So it was at least measurable. The farmers actually don't like rain at this time because it does things to the wine grapes (mold) and the strawberries (mold). The sun is struggling to come out and stay out with heavy dark clouds to the north lingering. I think we escaped the worst of it while up north it was a true rain event especially for this time of the year.