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KION News Channel 546
Earthquake “supershear” effects could be seen with next big Bay Area quake
The Sacramento Bee
The wet season has arrived in NorCal. What to expect from skies over the next few days
As we swing into the cooler months of the year, get used to more days like Wednesday and Thursday, with scattered showers across California and cloudy skies. On Wednesday, an area of cooler low pressure — an extratropical cyclone — is spinning out off the coast of the Golden State. As it churns, it brings with it scattered rain showers moving out of the south Wednesday through Thursday across nearly the entire state. For Sacramento and Fresno, it will be the first good rain — not a trace amount — since late spring. Because of how the cyclone is maturing off the coast, many of these showers will stack up and “train” across thin bands, leaving some cities and towns with little rain and others with substantial amounts. Earlier Wednesday, a string of showers and thunderstorms dropped upwards of half an inch of rain between Clovis and Sanger while Fresno remained mostly dry. Into Wednesday afternoon, Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley were seeing lighter, more widespread showers take hold for several hours at a time. Another half in to inch of rain are expected across the southern San Joaquin Valley, and especially the Sierra foothills, through Thursday. Slightly lower
KTVU FOX 2
SFGate
First rain of season coming to Bay Area, flash flood warning on coast
Expect showers in the Bay Area this week.
hoodline.com
Bakersfield Now
FOX 2 San Francisco
Isolated showers in store for Wednesday
acwa.com
Zone 7 Prepares Flood Protection System and Community for Heavy Rains
LIVERMORE – Zone 7 is taking proactive steps to prepare the Tri-Valley for the upcoming storm season – and encouraging residents to get flood-ready, too. Preparations come as the state of California prepares for the developing El Niño and include everything from maintaining flood protection channels and completing priority storm-damage repairs to strengthening storm-response planning, monitoring local waterways and coordinating with regional partners. The Agency is encouraging residents to take extra precautions as well, and will provide additional information, resources and more at their annual Flood Safety Open House, Saturday, October 24 from 10am to 2pm at their headquarters, located at 100 N. Canyons Pkwy in Livermore.