12/1/2022
Atmospheric River Dumps Historic Rainfall on California, Bringing San Francisco to Its Knees
The forecast proved to be prophetic. A Category 4 atmospheric river would bring copious amounts of rain to the San Francisco Bay Area, but no one was really ready for just how much would fall.
By the time the storm ended, San Francisco would receive 5.46 inches of rain over a 24-hour period.
“This makes it the second wettest day in the 170+ years of records at that site, just 0.08″ less than 1st place (11/5/1994) with 5.54,” the National Weather Service said. “This rainfall also made up 46.8% of San Francisco’s December rainfall.”Â
The result was a day of neighborhood flooding and and landslides.
And more is on the way.
“We are in for an extended wet pattern where these saturated soils won’t have time to really dry out,” the weather service said.
“The only break we get from rain will happen on Jan 1, but then more rain occur Jan 2-5 with a third moderate atmospheric river moving into our region around Jan 4-5.”
Source:CBS News
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