The rain's been moving in on us since yesterday. This might be two years in a row that we've gotten a cold front that actually passes over us in late July, early August, rather than just stalling out on top of us when it hits the Gulf air. That's a novelty, let me tell you.

I'm not sure but I'd rather have the rain. That's the benefit, when they stall out like that, depending on the boundary layer, we get daily thunderstorms out of it, and every drop a blessing. We're getting that effect now, but if the weather crews are correct, we're getting the short version of the story as the front passes to the south. It's a signal that the high pressure zone helping turn California's fire season into a mass of trouble has moved off west, and given the jet stream more room to maneuver, earlier in the year, than it's been used to for a few months.