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fromsfist.com
1 day ago

Dry Spell Expected to Persist Until Mid-February, or Longer

It's turned into an unusually dry winter for Northern California, and that pattern, thanks to a ridge of high pressure, is going to continue for at least the first 10 days of February. As the Chronicle meteorology team tells us, the dry and balmy conditions will be with us through Super Bowl Weekend and beyond, continuing a pattern that has left the Sierra snowpack mighty low.
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fromLos Angeles Times
2 days ago

As teeth chatter across the U.S., Southern California is a hot spot: What to expect this week

While cold-stunned iguanas fall from trees in Florida and videos circulate of frozen "exploding" trees in the Northeast, Southern California is working up a sweat. A midwinter heat wave has descended on much of the state and is expected to spike temperatures as much as 20 degrees above normal in the coming week. The summer-like heat is thanks to a ridge of high pressure lingering high in the atmosphere that extends through the San Francisco Bay Area and into the Pacific Northwest.
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fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Temperatures to rise in some areas of Bay Area as dry spell continues

A strengthening high-pressure ridge will bring warmer, drier midweek weather, thinning valley tule fog that will persist in some areas but decrease through the week.
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