Time Lapse: Rain Clouds Drifting Over San Jose, CA (1-6-16)

A neat time lapse of rain clouds drifting over San Jose, CA. The region had already received quite an abundance of rainfall from a few weather systems already. We really need all the rain we could get since we were still in a drought... More weather updates: Back-to-back storms had lined up in the Pacific to douse parts of the West, thanks to a powerful El Niño that is at the moment, tied with the strongest one ever on record (1997 El Niño)! Storms had drenched California Tuesday and Wednesday with widespread moderate to heavy rainfall and plentiful snowfall up in the Sierras. At the time, any additional rain can cause flooding since the ground was already saturated in the region. Therefore, it had caused The National Weather Service to issue flash flood watches/warnings around California. T-storms have also occurred with the storm system on Wednesday (January 6, 2016), ushering in heavy rain, hail, and lightning. Even tornado warnings were issued around the San Diego County! Luckily, no tornadoes materialized... Rundown and estimated timing of the storm systems (From January 4-7, 2016): The 1st weaker storm was forecast to bring light to moderate rain Sunday-Monday. The 2nd (and stronger) storm was forecast to bring moderate to heavy rain Tuesday. Then another (3rd) potent storm system was to bring moderate to heavy rain and gusty winds to the state, along with t-storms. Then a 4th storm system was forecast to bring even more rain by Thursday-Friday or so! Highest rainfall amounts were to be over the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Big Sur coastal mountains. Total (estimated) rainfall amounts for the duration of the period were to be 4-6 inches for the North Bay coast and all coastal mountains with locally higher amounts. Around 2-4 inches elsewhere, with the exception of interior Monterey/San Benito County where two and half inches or less of rain was expected. Looks like El Niño was finally here! (Time lapse video filmed Wednesday, January 6, 2016 in San Jose, CA)