Barely sprinkling where I am on the coast, but more rain out in the Valley and east of here, with some snow in the mountains.

Now, back the OP's question - one firestarter that has been mentioned here before is a cotton ball soaked in Vaseline or other generic fine petroleum jelly. Also, you can make them from cotton balls and wax melted together in an egg carton pocket. For making sparks, I bought a UST Sparkie from REI, works great. One item I highly recommend are REI's waterproof matches. The Coughlan matches don't compare. The REI matches are essentially mini sparklers. Once you light one, they burn until all the flammable material is burned, even if wet. I've used them in winter and they burn even on snow.