The Monterey Bay sparkles in midday sunshine Tuesday as a surfer grabs a ride on the gentle swell rolling into Pleasure Point. The National Weather Service forecast calls heavy rain is likely on Thursday and Friday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
The atmospheric river storm steaming toward Northern California from Hawaii is likely to bring the wettest conditions the Bay Area has seen in two months.
The storm is on track to hit the North Bay by mid-morning Thursday, spreading across the Bay Area by Thursday afternoon, with the heaviest winds, rainfall amounts and disruption — from power outages to flooded roadways