The rain may have slowed down this afternoon but could be back strong as soon as tonight.

“Later this evening, we are expecting another round of more widespread precipitation. We could get scattered showers into Tuesday morning,” said National Weather Service forecaster Casey Oswant.

There was some damage and flooding from the winter storm this morning. A large tree was reported down at Archer and Cass streets in Pacific Beach (above) at about 8 a.m., reported Sarah Mattinson of Olive Cafe & Olive Baking Co.

Mission Beach, which is prone to flooding, appeared to have been not too severely impacted.

“Not really much (flooding) by me, seems the new pumps they installed, plus cleaning the drains, helped,” said Greg Knight of Mission Beach. “Areas in the alley that would normally flood had water swiftly going down the drains with minimal backup. Nothing like years past.”

“The ocean surge made it just short of the sea wall,” said Gary Wonacott, also of Mission Beach. “The most obvious damage is substantial erosion of the sand straight out from San Luis Rey. Nothing like a week and a half ago.”
Oswant of the National Weather Service said the rest of this week after Tuesday “is expected to be fairly dry, though there is a small chance that we could get a little rain on Thursday.” The meteorologist added they have been getting reports of significant flooding, as expected, in the San Diego riverbed.

The forecaster said North County got as much as 4 inches of rain and that just under 2 inches of rain fell near North Island during this most recent storm.

She added San Diego has received 6.37 inches of rain since the rainfall season began on Oct. 1, 2022. The annual rainfall in San Diego is 9.79 inches, with more than three months left in the annual winter/spring rainy season.

A high surf advisory remains in effect today. “There could be flooding along the coast, especially with the high tide and incoming rain that could cause localized flooding,” said Oswalt.