Tropical Storm Kay broke rainfall records throughout San Diego County on Friday.
have put out statements encouraging fans to wear rain gear and ponchos. Both allow small, collapsible umbrellas, but large umbrellas that affect views are not permitted.
The storm brought some relief to an ongoing heatwave, lowering temperatures to the 70s Saturday morning. The heatwave affected the whole state and nearly resulted in rolling blackouts Saturday marked the first time the state was not under a Flex Alert in 11 days. The alert calls on customers to voluntarily reduce energy usage, and messages sent to millions of Californians’ phones to lower energy consumption helped keep the grid from overloading, saidWhen temperatures soared throughout the state and into the 100s in some parts of San Diego County on Tuesday, statewideto 52,061 megawatts on the California Independent System Operator, a new record.
Brotherton said forecasts for rainfall for the tropical storm ended up being very accurate. San Diego got 0.61 inches of rain ; Vista got 0.39 inches ; Alpine got 0.19 inches ; and Lake Cuyamaca got 2.03 inches . Winds were lower than anticipated. Still, wind gusts from 30 mph to 100 mph ended up downing some power lines and trees throughout the county.
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