Wednesday January 22, 2025
KQED —
After weeks of dry weather, there’s a chance rain could return to the Bay Area this weekend, but don’t expect a storm.
Northern California’s current dry spell, which has lasted nearly three weeks through the heart of the rainy season, is expected to continue at least through Friday when a weather system on the horizon could offer some reprieve. Meanwhile, Southern California is hoping for any amount of rain to ease dangerously dry conditions there.
On Thursday night, there will be a disturbance over the Pacific Northwest similar to those that have created strong offshore winds throughout California in recent weeks. Whether this one could bring rain instead depends on how far over the water the storm moves as it reaches California, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Dalton Behringer.
“The further west [the storm] moves, the higher chance of rain, and the further inland it stays, the lower chance of rain and actually the higher chance that we see offshore winds,” he said.