(Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)Ĭalifornia desperately needs the rain. 22: Pedestrian’s brave a downpour of rain while crossing Powell Street in in Emeryville, Calif., Friday, Jan. It’s been nearly three years since San Francisco received more than 2 inches, on April 6, 2018, when 2.22 inches fell. The last time San Francisco received 1 inch of rain or more was 12 months ago, on Jan. “We haven’t seen rain like this in the forecast for some time.” “It’s quite a turnaround,” said Brayden Murdock, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Monterey. The cold system could bring snow to Bay Area peaks. It follows light rain Friday with more light rain forecast for Monday. The storm, barreling down from the Gulf of Alaska, is expected to bring 1 to 3 inches of rain to Bay Area cities, and 6 or more inches in some parts of the Santa Cruz Mountains and Big Sur, according to the National Weather Service. 22, 2021, Diego Martinez, right, with his friend Cristian Garduno, takes a last view of San Francisco as he moves out of the city for better job opportunities in Las Vegas. 22: With storm clouds blowing through the Golden Gate on Friday, Jan. And after weeks of dry, warm conditions and growing drought concerns, it’s coming in hard.įorecasters say a sizable storm - the first significant atmospheric river event to hit the greater Bay Area this winter season and likely the biggest storm in at least 12 months - will soak much of California starting Tuesday night, continuing Wednesday, and bringing wet roads, downed trees, power outages and the possibility of mudslides.Ĭhances are growing that residents of the Santa Cruz Mountains, where steep slopes burned in last fall’s CZU Lightning Complex Fire, will have to be evacuated in some communities, officials said Friday, due to the risk of potentially deadly mudslides if rainfall totals are high enough. ![]() Winter weather is finally arriving in Northern California.
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