Greater Fallbrook area to see mostly sunny skies after 8.74 inches of rain; five-day forecast announced

SAN DIEGO - For the first time in a week, San Diego County was expected to see mostly sunny skies today.

The unusually wet storm pattern that dropped several inches of rain around the county since last Friday -- causing an onslaught of flooding, power outages and traffic accidents -- moved out of the region overnight, according to the National Weather Service.

Preliminary seven-day rainfall totals as of late Wednesday afternoon were: 6.74 inches at the Oceanside Airport; 6.79 in Vista; 5.84 in Encinitas; 5.42 at the Montgomery Field; 4.32 at San Diego Lindbergh Field; 4.59 in National City; 8....