If you live in some other place besides Southern California a rainy day might not be much of a change from all the other days of the year, but in National City/San Diego this is special.  The weather forecast said the rain would begin around 8 am.  I watched the ocean from 7:30 am. and sure enough just before 8 I could see the rain beginning over by the Pacific.  Then I watched as it came closer and closer, and just after I took this picture, the rain began to come down thick and hard.  Wonderful!