Back-to-back storms expected to deliver more rain to SF Bay Area
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Back-to-back storms are expected to deliver light, scattered rain to the Bay Area across the next three days, with areas north of the Golden Gate receiving the brunt of the soaking. Coastal mountains in the North Bay could record up to 0.50 inch with both systems.
Dry weather and a warming trend are forecast to follow through the weekend and into early next week.
The first system is expected to be the stronger of the two and is forecast to sweep into the North Bay late Thursday night or early Friday morning, gradually moving south into the central Bay Area.
Drenching rain returns to the San Francisco Bay Area
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In this file photo, a man walks with an umbrella while crossing a street in San Francisco.Jeff Chiu/Associated Press
A cold front dropping down from the Pacific Northwest is poised to sweep the Bay Area from north to south midday Monday into Tuesday.
The system is expected to deliver a decent soaking with up to a half-inch of rain in urban locations, but it will be much less potent than last week s atmospheric river. This system is an order of magnitude weaker than the last system, said Drew Peterson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service s Bay Area office. This is what I would describe as run-of-the-mill mid-winter system. Since we re still in the midst of winter, it will bring healthy rain and some wind. We re not going to see the intense rainfall rates that we saw with the last system.
Parts of Santa Cruz County receive evacuation warnings with 10 inches of rain in forecast
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Little remains of a home leveled by the CZU Lightning Complex Fire in August 2020 near Boulder Creek, Calif.Liz Celeste/SFGATE
UPDATE, Jan. 24, 8:35 p.m.: Cal Fire announced it is adding Davenport to the list of areas in Santa Cruz County receiving evacuation warnings.
Jan. 24, 6:25 p.m: Cal Fire announced evacuation warnings Sunday evening for Santa Cruz County, comprising the San Lorenzo Valley area and the north coast of Santa Cruz County. An evacuation warning means these individuals need to be prepared to leave immediately with a go bag and planned evacuation route, Cal Fire said.
Large waves along the coast in Pacifica swept away two victims on Tuesday, according to the North County Fire Authority. One victim was rescued and the other still has not been found.
The first victim, a man, was swept away on Tuesday morning off the Pacifica coast near Beach Boulevard and Paloma Avenue. Officials from the North County Fire Authority responded to a call around 7:40 a.m. about the man, who witnesses said had been standing on rocks before being swept into the ocean.
The Fire Authority responded with two engines, a truck and a rescue unit, along with Battalion Chief Jeff Huntze at the scene.