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27 Oct, 6 tweets, 2 min read
This Sunday was the wettest October day in downtown San Francisco since records began, as the deluge dropped over 4 inches of rain on the city.
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The "bomb cyclone" aka "atmospheric river" aka mega-drought-crusher drenched the Bay Area, but also brought life to the parched waterfalls of Yosemite and snow to the Sierra, resulting in some stunning imagery. 
Around 7 inches of rain fell across Yosemite National Park over Sunday and Monday.

Here's a before and after shot of the waterfall, taken on Oct. 22 and again on Monday.
The snow gave Half Dome an early full winter coat, leaving it crisp and white as the blue skies returned after the heavy snowfall on Sunday and Monday.
The effect of the storm on the state can most dramatically be seen from the skies.

This tweet from the National Weather Service shows the contrast from two satellites.
Beyond bringing the valley's waterfalls back to life and snow to the peaks, 100 miles north the storm also raised Lake Tahoe's water level back above its natural rim, after a long, dry summer.
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Lake Tahoe’s water levels are back up above the natural rim, thanks to precipitation from the massive storm system that pushed across Northern California this weekend. 
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