Sunday’s February full moon becomes full at 8:40 AM PST. It sets at 6:17 AM, and rises at 6:26 PM PST. Itwas known by the Native Americans as the Snow Moon, Hunger Moon, or Storm Moon. With the weather we’ve had lately, Storm Moon is pretty close. From the storm start Friday evening through Saturday evening, SLOweather received 3.54″ of rain! WeatherElement stations east of us received lesser total precip amounts. The SLO Water Reclamation Facility 2 miles away received 1.87″, and the Islay Hill neighborhood got 1.26″. This shows how important the Irish Hills are to orographic enhancement of the local rainfall.
Also, SLOweather had pea-sized hail and a few peals of thunder Saturday morning. The local creeks are raging. It’s nice to hear the sound of Prefumo Creek down in the canyon.