The Border 2 Fire was just the latest turn in what has been a weather rollercoaster cooked up by Mother Nature. NBC 7’s Joe Little has covered the fires, the red flags and now the snow all in the last three weeks.
Most San Diegans woke up Monday to puddles or downpours, a welcome respite from the 40-plus day drought the region had experienced.
The county's first significant rainstorm of the season brought totals Monday ranging from a quarter to half an inch near the coast to more than an inch in the mountain slopes, according to the National Weather Service.
A 15% chance of thunderstorms remained for county beaches through early Monday, with the possibility of cloud-to-ground lightning and brief gusty winds accompanying any storms that develop, according to forecasters.
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Here's how much wet stuff fell in your neck of the woods in the past two days as of 5 a.m. on Monday (*stations above the freezing level may not show accurate accumulation totals):
