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How will El Niño affect the Bay Area?

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A strong El Niño is building in the Pacific. With California in the fourth year of drought, rainfall would be welcome, though it could bring mudslides to areas scorched by wildfire. read more

Along the northern California coast, strong storm-related winds from the south combine with the Coriolis effect to push surface ocean waters toward the coast and into San Francisco Bay, raising sea level as much as 10 to 12 inches.When El Niño conditions are present, not only are storms more frequent and severe, but the winds are also more likely to blow from the south. read more

Thanks to a tiny but consistent warming of the Pacific Ocean half a world away, the Bay Area will experience an El Niño season this year, beginning this month. If that idea conjures up images of fearsome storms and tumultuous winds - as one infamous El Niño pattern caused in the late 1990s - fear not. read more

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