BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 1: A woman walks with an umbrella on Solano Avenue in Berkeley, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. The Bay Area was lucky enough to get some much needed rain from a passing thunderstorm. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
After a bit of precipitation earlier in the week, more rain is in the forecast in the Bay Area this weekend and into next week.
“This next round starts with some light showers Saturday before letting loose with with heavier rains Sunday through Tuesday,” according to a report by this news organization.
The updating radar map above shows areas of precipitation in green, with greater intensities indicated by yellow and orange.
“The storm system this weekend will course slowly through the region, National Weather Service meteorologist David King said Friday. The North Bay coastal mountains are in the bullseye of its path and could get blasted with up to 2½ inches of rain, he said. That area is expected to receive at least 1½ inches,” this news organization reported Friday.
“In the South Bay and Santa Clara Valley and East Bay areas, it will probably be closer to between a half-inch to three-quarters of an inch,” King said. “That said, there may be isolated areas within those places that could see an inch, inch-and-a-half.”
“The storm also is expected to bring more snow. The weather service said it’s expecting at least 12 inches and perhaps as much as 4 feet in the Sierras during a 2-3 day period starting Sunday night.”
Officials are hopeful that the next batch of rain can end fire season.
“Already, a wet system that dropped about a quarter- to half-inch of rain in the Bay Area earlier this week has brought enough snow to the Sierra Nevada that Cal Fire lifted fire restrictions for the North Tahoe Fire District. The repealing of restrictions generally signals the end of a district’s fire season,” according to this news organization.
“Other districts in the state will regularly evaluate their situations, according to (Cal Fire Battalion Chief Isaac) Sanchez, but all areas of the state need more rain. The U.S. Drought Monitor, in data updated Friday, showed that nearly the entire state — 99.77 percent — was in a state of moderate or worse drought, with almost half of California was still in ‘extreme’ or ‘exceptional’ drought conditions.”
Originally published at Bay Area News Group