After a soggy December, the San Francisco Bay Area has seen little rain in January. When is the rain coming back?
have been completely dry for a week, with a high-pressure ridge hunkering down along the West Coast, blocking the jet stream and putting an end to the steady stream of storms that swept California last month.National Weather Service meteorologist Ryan Walbrun said a weak storm is forecast to bring light rain to Central California over the weekend, with locations such as San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara likely being a bit wet.
"I would say with high confidence through Jan. 23, there's no chance of rain," Walbrun said."When we get to Jan. 24, 25, 26, there's some signal for a chance of rain. We might start to see a pattern change. But that's two weeks out, so confidence in the forecast is low."Jan Null, a forecaster who runs the private forecasting service
, combed through San Francisco rainfall data and found that over the past 71 consecutive rainy seasons going back to 1950, the city has experienced a dry period in December or January, averaging 19 days.
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