Morning and afternoon downpours nudge annual rainfall up

Today was a day of contrasts, weather wise. There were periods of bright sunshine mixed with a couple of heavy downpours of rain.

InMenlo weather watcher Bill Russ emailed that combined they added another .2″, bringing his season-to-date total to 16.05″.

Meanwhile, the barren oaks of Menlo are starting to sprout new leaves. We spotted one that had a serpentine flavor…