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Partial Solar Eclipse Sunday Evening

A partial solar eclipse is scheduled for Sunday evening (5/20) here in the Bay Area.  The sun will be 84% covered.  We should have mostly clear skies.  Patchy fog could develop near parts of the coast.  Don't look directly at the sun!

• 4:34 p.m. Sunday, May 20, 2012

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Bay Area Rainfall

We will soon be wrapping up our rain year with below average numbers.  There is no significant rain in the forecast.  We could just be tracking some patchy drizzle Sunday night and Monday morning. 

• 6:12 p.m. Saturday, May 12, 2012

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Good Beach Weather

The weekend will be sunny and warm and that means pollen levels around the bay area will be on the rise.  Right now its the tree pollens that are driving everyone crazy with pine and cedar trees leading the charge. 

• 4:08 p.m. Thursday, May 10, 2012

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No Rain In Sight

The storm door might be closed!  The long-range forecast models are keeping us dry over the next week and beyond.  Your umbrellas might be able to head into storage.  We’ll continue to watch those weather maps.  Bay Area rainfall totals range from 48 to 74 percent of normal. More updates ...

• 2:01 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Rain, possibly hail forecasted for Bay Area

Rain was forecast in the Bay Area Sunday, with a slight chance of thunderstorms that afternoon that could produce small hail. Highs were expected to be in the mid 50s. A low pressure system was also moving through the area Sunday with accumulating snowfall returning to the higher elevations of ...

• 2:01 p.m. Sunday, March 25, 2012

Bay Area sees snow, gets dose of cold weather

Bay Area residents were getting a dose of cold and unsettled weather Sunday after a storm system that brought rain and heavy snow in the mountains moved out of the region. Skies were mostly clear in the Bay Area Sunday afternoon, but forecasters said there was still a chance of ...

• 12:42 p.m. Sunday, March 18, 2012

Wet, windy weather rolls into Bay Area

Following a beautiful weekend, the leading edge of the next big rain storm of the season arrived in the Bay Area Monday night. Some high clouds had already rolled in by Monday morning and scattered showers had arrived by 9 p.m. with some significant rain in San Mateo and San ...

• 2:25 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, 2012

‘Spare The Air’ alert, 13th this winter, issued for Wednesday

Weather conditions forecasted for Wednesday were expected to create unhealthy air quality in the Bay Area, and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued the region's 13th Winter Spare the Air Alert of the season. Wood burning, both indoors and outdoors, would be illegal all day Wednesday. District ...

• 1:14 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012
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Freeze, frost warnings issued for Bay Area

The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for interior valleys in the North Bay and a frost advisory for low-lying spots in the East Bay. Both will be in effect from 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. Tuesday. Temperatures of between 25 and 30 degrees were forecasted for late ...

• 1:58 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, 2011

Howling winds cause power outages statewide

Some of the worst Santa Ana winds in years blasted through California, toppling trees and power lines and delaying flights as a low-pressure front threatened bring fierce gusts throughout Southwestern states, authorities said Thursday. Northern Santa Ana winds sweeping down through canyons created gusts of up to 80 mph through ...

• 7:44 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011