We’re staying near the San Francisco Airport for a couple of days before our scheduled flight back to Honolulu on Wednesday.

Now a bit of Hawaii weather is heading our way. It’s going to bring rain this way. Lots of rain, according to the forecasts an “atmospheric river.” They’re predicting a “bomb cyclone” hitting the area.

According to the SF Chronicle this morning:

After a relatively tranquil, dry fall in California, this week’s weather forecast could not be more different. Extreme rainfall totals are predicted throughout parts of the Bay Area, North Coast, Sacramento Valley and northern Sierra Nevada due to an extreme atmospheric river, probably the strongest to hit the areas in several years….

The bomb cyclone is predicted to reach its peak strength Tuesday afternoon and then continue to spin in a nearly stationary location for several days. Despite the bomb cyclone weakening slightly, its stationary position will guide subtropical moisture from near Hawaii toward Northern California.

There’s some sense that rain is good, since it’s absence has been a long term problem here. But we’re focused on whether our flight out of SFO will be impacted. A selfish perspective, perhaps, but would obviously prefer to get of hotel world and back into our home.

Right now, it is clear and sunny. Tomorrow, apparently, not so much.

Today we’re off to prowl several thrift stores in the area(The Discovery Shop in Menlo Park, and Pick of the Litter in Burlingame, with perhaps a couple of others along the way) plus a stop at Penzey’s, also in Menlo Park. We’ve already made two visits to different Trader Joe’s (why don’t they open a few stores in Hawaii??).

We had dinner Saturday night with Meda’s sisters and a few of our old friends. I think we may have over-ordered on the pizza front!! But oh, it was good pizza!