Big storm arrives in Menlo Park

On Friday afternoon about 4:30 pm, the skies opened up and the downpours began bringing a total of 0.94″ as of midnight, according to InMenlo weather watcher Dennis Nugent’s digital gauge.

There was another 0.44″ as of 4:30 this afternoon, bringing the season-to-date to 18.02″. And the wind continued to howl — dying down a bit my late afternoon.

Could that have been hail we heard pounding the skylight around 4;30 this morning? We were unable to confirm.

Robin Tobias spotted a number of downed trees out on her morning dog walk. The photo here was taken on Klamath Drive.

Photo by Robin Tobias (c) 2024