A storm traveling from Hawaii known as a “pineapple express” arrived in the Bay Area yesterday, bringing three days of light rain projected to do little to boost season totals.
“This will be last big storm of the season,” said Steve Anderson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Monterey. “After this week, it starts drying out through the end of the month.”
The National Weather Service says the "robust" plume of subtropical moisture is well offshore Wednesday but stretches all the way to Hawaii.
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“Pineapple express” storms are atmospheric rivers that bring rain from around Hawaii. They are known for bringing relatively intense rainfalls, but this one dropped just .22 inches of rain on Redwood City and .12 inches of rain at San Francisco International Airport as of 3 p.m. Tuesday, bringing the Bay Area to about 55 percent of normal since the season began Oct. 1.
Since October, the Bay Area has seen 11.88 inches of rain, with the season normal looming at 20.03 inches. The daily totals for this “pineapple express” pale in comparison to the 1.04 inches that fell at SFO March 1 and the 3.12-inch deluge on Jan. 8.
The rain will continue through Thursday, with just an extra half to 1 inch of rain expected, Anderson said.
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The good news is these modest storm conditions have hardly disrupted traffic and power. San Mateo County has seen no significant storm-related outages as of yesterday, said Pacific Gas and Electric spokeswoman Andrea Menniti.
Southern California, however, will be hit hard. As much as 6-8 inches of rain is expected to soak Big Sur and Santa Barbara, with some areas, like the mountains above Santa Barbara, forecasted to take on 10-12 inches, according to the National Weather Service.
As for the Sierra, which has been pounded this month, about 2 to 3 feet of snow is expected at elevations above 7,500 feet and up to 5 feet of snow is expected along the Sierra crest, but forecasters say the storm will bring heavy, wet Sierra cement, not the powder the region saw last week.
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