SF News Is It Over Yet? About a year's worth of rain fell last night outside SFist HQ, and we even noted at least one lightning flash. Allegedly the Peninsula saw some hail. We have a low-pressure system from
SF News High Surf Until Wednesday Night A high surf advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service for Bay Area beaches. According to BCN (via SF Appeal), "Residents are advised to be cautious along the coast and to
misc Photo du Jour 589 "Hail! San Francisco! What??" by jerhodes. To watch footage of yesterday's terrifying hailstorm, go here.
SF News Less Fog Means Sad Redwoods A UC Berkeley study released earlier this week has found that a gradual decrease in fog over the last one hundred years could put redwood trees in danger and make summers warmer and
SF News Storms Prompt 630,000 Gallon Sewage Spill by Amy Crocker Hope you didn't take advantage of the nice weather by surfing, swimming, or engaging in other open water activities. It is estimated that during the past stormy weeks 630,000
SF News Storm Prompts State Of Emergency In SF Citing "significant rainfall, high winds, deaths and injuries, snow and mudslides," acting Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in the city and county of San Francisco, as well as three other
SF News Tornado Warning In Effect For Santa Clara County A tornado warning in in effect for Santa Clara County, Morgan Hill and Santa Cruz County. While a basement is preferable for any Oz-like weather, heading under a desk or lying flat in
SF News Rain, Everywhere As heavy showers continue to molest the Bay Area, wind gusts could reach 60 mph in some places. The high winds are expected to last until noon today. Some 29,000 are currently
SF News Photos: Rainbow Above SF Now that the most recent storm has passed, you know what time it is, folks? That's right: rainbow time. Please send us images of the rainbows you find. (We even heard a rumor
SF News More Flooding Prompts More Closures The CBS 5 Twitter feed informs us: "Flooding closes westbound Bore #3 of Caldecott Tunnel. Drivers are directed to take middle bore." So, you know, middle bore only, folks.
SF News Great Highway Closed In San Francisco The Great Highway is currently closed between Sloat Boulevard and Lincoln over concerns of concerns due to today's overblown storm. The San Francisco Department of Public Utilities, KGO reports, "already realigned the southbound
SF News Free Sandbags For San Francisco Residents With heavy rain expected to last throughout the week, and flooding a good possibility, why not grab a few sandbags to help protect your home? SF Weekly reports that "the city has once
SF News Mavericks On Hold After a vote of the 24 competitors, the annual Mavericks surf competition was called off. For now, anyway. "Maverick's surfers had been hoping to capitalize on a giant northwest swell that hit Hawaii
SF News Cold Weather Breaks Records The arctic chill, which should start to subside once the rain comes later tonight, broke weather records across the Bay Area. Early this morning, "San Rafael had a low of 28 degrees, tying
SF News Bay Area Freeze At around 4 a.m. this morning, moments after our dry skin-inducing heater turned off, we checked our iPhone's weather app and noticed a jarring number: 31 degrees. What? Yes, it was freezing
SF News Mavericks Surf Competition Update: Tuesday Off Due to forecasts of rain and wind, Mavericks will not begin tomorrow, as was hoped. But as surfers only get 24 hours notice, there's still a chance for waves this week, if the
SF News SnowWatch2K9: White Stuff Falls From The Sky After last night's brisk chill, a winter weather advisory was issued for the East Bay Hills, Santa Cruz Mountains, and Diablo Range after -- get this -- snow fell in the Bay Area
SF News High Surf Advisory Issued for Bay Area Although this image looks tempting, NorCal surfers/sailors, the National Weather Service issued a high surf advisory today for Bay Area beaches. The advisory goes into effect from 10 a.m. to to
SF News Wind Advisory Issued for Bridges Additional high wind advisories are in effect for two Bay Area bridges this morning. "Motorists on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge are advised that gusts reaching 50 mph
SF News Wind Advisory Issued Time to break out the Aqua Net. A wind advisory is in place for San Francisco, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Marin, Monterey, Contra Costa, Napa, Sonoma, Santa Clara and Alameda counties counties, lasting
SF News UPDATED: Muni Subway Service Shuts Down Due to extensive flooding, Muni temporarily shutdown subway service at 4:15 p.m. MTA will flood (heh) the streets with buses for this evening's commute. "We're putting as many buses as we
SF News Photos: OMGStormWatch2K9 Part II -- The Flooding Even more rain blanketed the city today, flooding streets. From the Mission to Hayes Valley, the streets are soaked. Please drive carefully. Check out a radar's view of the rain here. UPDATE: The
SF News How's About That Rain? It's currently pouring cats and puppies outside SFist HQ, and we feel woefully under-informed about this development. We just read this morning that the heaviest rain was supposed to hit north of here,
SF News Photos: OMGStormWatch2K9's Aftermath Here are some lovely images from the aftermath of yesterday's storm. Thanks for washing the city, Mother Nature!
