Rain to end by sunrise; Fallbrook/Bonsall received 1.18 inches Wednesday

SAN DIEGO - More blustery, wet winter weather drenched the already saturated San Diego area today, ushering in a messy morning commute and forcing scattered road closures but not causing any serious damage, authorities reported.

The storm -- a not-so-welcome encore to last week's torrential rains, which led to widespread flooding and mudslides -- arrived out of the northwest around dawn.

By late morning, the steady showers had submerged a stretch of Quarry Road in Spring Valley, southbound Interstate 15 at Rancho Penasquitos Boulevard, Equitation Lane at Plaza Bonita Road and the Carmel Mounta...