The National Weather Service has issued a Fire Weather Watch for much of Northern California beginning Thursday at 11 am, including most of the Bay Area as well as the Sacramento Valley.

Another heatwave is taking shape that will bring more triple-digit temperatures to some inland areas, especially toward Sacramento and the Central Valley, and it should be pretty nice in the city for that Dirtybird rave on the Embarcadero.

The rain is still coming as California's typical rainy season is winding down, and rainfall totals show an above-average season for parts of the Bay Area, which is great news for mitigating the drought.

This latest storm system isn't done with us yet, and Tuesday morning came with a special marine advisory to look out for possible waterspouts and a severe thunder cell off the Point Reyes coast.

You may have been getting comfortable with this balmy, Fool's Spring weather we've been having. But little did you know, Second Winter is upon us.

This winter's El Niño was, indeed, historically strong, as it was predicted to be back in December. But it is now on the wane, and not all big weather events — like last weekend's atmospheric river storm — can be directly attributed to it, experts say.