Successive incoming storm systems mean residents can expect rain well into the start of 2023; air travel faces ongoing troubles.
, forecasters say multiple subsequent storm systems will follow closely behind, ringing in the new year with a torrent of wet weather.Residents were put on alert Tuesday after the National Weather Service recorded winds upward of 40 mph throughout the greater Bay Area, and a flood watch was issued based on predictions of as much as four inches of rain in some areas.
The latest storm moved in from Guam and matches the characteristics of a “Pineapple Express,” in which rain and winds spare the area from freezing, keeping temperatures in a moderate range spanning the low 40s and upper 50s. As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, 24-hour precipitation totals included 2.43 inches in Oakland, 1.9 inches in San Francisco, 1.59 inches in Gilroy, 1.58 inches in Redwood City, 1.43 inches in Livermore, 1.23 inches in Concord and .75 inches in San Jose, according to the National Weather Service. Kentfield in Marin County was among the wettest locations in the region, recording 4.71 inches during that period.
Pedestrians head to The Tech Interactive museum in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. “Other flooding we’ve seen has been the CHP reporting at onramps and offramps, anywhere storm drains were clogged,” Palmer said. “Thankfully it’s been minor flooding, nuisance flooding.” Travelers in Terminal 1 of the Oakland International Airport on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022, in Oakland, Calif
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