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Uh Oh: Forecasters Now Say This Winter's El Niño Could Be 'Historically Strong'

We've been operating under the belief that this year's El Niño winter, given the past few El Niño cycles, was unlikely to be as bad as last winter's historically wet, months-long string of atmospheric river storms. But we may need to batten down the hatches once again.

El Niño All But Guaranteed For Next Winter, So... More Rain?

Climate scientists say the indicators are all there for the forming of an El Niño pattern in the Pacific this year, and now it's just a matter of how soon it will fully take shape.

Jellyfish-Like Sea Blobs Showing Up On California Beaches, Could Indicate Another El Niño In the Works

Thousands of little sea blobs called “by-the-wind sailors” have appeared on Orange County and Los Angeles-area beaches over the last couple of weeks, and biologists think their unusual arrival could mean there’s another El Niño brewing.

Drought Future Unclear As Climatologists Say La Niña Might Not Happen

A cooling of ocean temperatures that often comes in the aftermath of an El Niño season, known as La Niña, may not be taking shape as forecasters were predicting in recent months. A

OMG: Winter-Like Storm To Arrive In Mid-June, On Thursday

I'm sorry, everyone. El Niño may be technically over, but the rain isn't yet giving up for the summer. As SFGate reports, via the National Weather Service, there is a wet morning ahead,

Day Around The Bay: Goodbye El Niño, Hello La Niña

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Weather Report: May Greets Us With More Rain, Colder Temps

You thought maybe the rain was over I definitely did! but then there was that surprise mini-downpour early in the morning last Friday and there's still more rain coming this first week in

Uneven El Niño Skewed North, But Water Restrictions May Ease In Parts Of CA

With just weeks left in California's rainy season, El Niño has distributed uneven relief to an arid state. As a result, regulators must consider lifting state water restrictions that took effect last April

Poisonous 'Death Caps' Growing All Over In Rain-Fueled Mushroom Boom

When Donna Davis looked in the mirror, she saw that her skin had turned yellow. As KQED tells her story from 2014, Davis, fell ill after enjoying a "delicious" soup she cooked from

Video: Teetering Apartment Teardown Taking Place in Pacifica

Think this weekend’s El Nino downpours are causing you problems? Consider the plight of the perilous Pacifica apartments at 320 Esplanade Avenue, which have been dangling over a cliff for more than

Rains Douse Bay Area, Your Excitement For The Weekend As Flash Flood Watch Takes Effect

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch advisory for San Francisco effective now through Sunday, so watch the hell out, okay? Heavy rains are rolling in with KRON4 calling for

Sunday Storm Topples More Trees, Causes Floods, Shuts Down Highways

Bay Area: El Niño to deliver another potent storm system later this week https://t.co/70TGZTU345 @sbaxter_sc pic.twitter.com/8jn8IqfNVc— Mercury News (@mercnews) March 7, 2016 Following all that stormy

Tahoe To Get Up To Three Feet Of Snow Starting Saturday

The storm that forecasters think could dump up to six inches of rain on the Bay Area over the course of the next ten days will likely be felt around Lake Tahoe, which,

It's About To Get Wet: Double The Average Monthly Rainfall Predicted In Next 10 Days

Batten down those hatches, because it's about to get seriously wet around here (again). It turns out that the forthcoming storm is going to be significantly larger than first predicted. How much larger?

Weather Report: El Niño Maybe Not Quite Finished With Us Yet

After a wet January and wet early February, the Bay Area settled into a familiar early spring that often graces us in February, with beach days aplenty and some really pretty sunsets along

Is Peak El Niño Behind Us? Potential La Niña Dry Spell Could Extend Drought

After the wettest December on record and some heartening gains for reservoirs, our luck could be drying up. Yes yes, the winter season promised to us by forecasters as a Godzilla El Niño

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February's Prettiest Sunrises And Sunsets, So Far

El Niño has been rather kind to us thus far in February, which is bad news for the drought though I hold out hope for a rainy March but good news for those

Pacifica Losing Battle With Sea As Second Sinkhole Opens

The wonderful beach-side city of Pacifica has had a rough year. First El Niño storm surges closed a pier, next they created a 40-foot sinkhole, then they forced the declaration of a state

House In Sherwood Forest Gets Demolished As Sliding Hillside Threatens Several Homes

Demolition work along Casitas Avenue has stopped for the day. Crews will return tomorrow. @kron4news pic.twitter.com/4hqNgz1P4C— Chuck Clifford (@chuckclifford) January 29, 2016 El Nino rains appear to be the culprit

[Video] Watch Pacifica Cliffs Erode In Real Time And Time Lapse

Battered by El Niño, Pacifica is in unfortunate shape. "It's a series of issues, none of which is truly catastrophic, but when you take them together, they are clearly outpacing what the city

Thanks, El Niño: Sierra Snowpack Hits Five-Year High

Following years of dismal winter dustings for the Sierra Nevada Mountains, this season's El Niño has lifted snowpack to 115 percent of normal (the historical average for a particular date) according to the

Battered By Massive El Niño Storms, Pacifica Declares State Of Emergency

A state of emergency has been issued in Pacifica due to pounding waves that pose a threat private and public property. A high-surf advisory is also in effect until 10 p.m. tonight.

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Let Stanley Roberts Teach You How To Use An Umbrella

Have you forgotten how to use an umbrella? It's pretty hard! TIL I don't know what umbrella etiquette involves. Rained all day in #SanFrancisco. I might have inadvertently bonked people on the head.

Thunder And Flooding Expected From Storms To Hit Bay Area Tonight, Friday Night

Latest rainfall forecast for late Thursday through Saturday morning. #cawx pic.twitter.com/zR54KPaPa6— NWSBayArea (@NWSBayArea) January 20, 2016 Enjoy today's clear conditions while you can, Bay Area, because El Niño's gearing up

Day Around The Bay: How Was Your 'Blue Monday'?

Congratulations on making it through the “saddest day of the year,” i.e. Blue Monday, i.e. the second or third Monday in a new year that one psychologist claimed a decade ago