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Less than a month into the new rainfall year, the Bay Area is expected to be hit with the first atmospheric river of the season. The storm is expected to arrive Friday, with the heaviest precipitation ...

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The Puget Sound region is getting a dose of November weather in August. “We have a pretty strong and moist frontal system moving through, or you can also call it an atmospheric river,” Meteorologist ...

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Rainfall rates could reach more than 1 inch per hour on Tuesday. An atmospheric river is pounding Northern California with heavy rain and the threat of flooding before heading to Southern California.