Spencer christian is keeping track of the storms and the rainfall amounts that we have had. He joins us now. Spencer . We certainly had a lot to track this week. Right now live doppler 7 is tracking the most recent system. Most of the active weather has moved over east of the main part of the bay area out towards the central valley, although there are still some areas in parts of the east bay, south of livermore east of san jose out in the hill country. And new waves of moisture coming onland down in the Santa Cruz Mountains and up into the peninsula. This is very light precipitation right now. However, there could be some locally heavy downpours that will develop during the overnight hours. At the moment youre looking at this rainfall breaking up into little patches of showers. Lets talk about how wet a december this has been. San joses wettest december hat 9. 26 inches of rainfall. We have two weeks left and already san jose is in second place right behind its wettest december ever w
580, livermore, pleasanton, there are moderate pockets that have just developed. As you look around a pleasanton and foothill road and then really around the north bay very widely scattered and very light around clear lake and santa rosa. When you look at the last six hours of rain, not a whole lot. 27 where our radar is. 19 fran and san Jose Livermore and concord. 02. Here is what is interesting. San jose, wettest decembers. 1955, more than nine inches of rain. That was the wettest december on record. We are now in second place for san jose with just over seven and a half inches of rain. When you look at San Francisco, the wettest decembers, well, we have had some pretty wet decembers here in s francisco. More than 15 inches in 1866. We are now in 11th place with over 10 inches of rain. Storm number three is coming in, and it will be here faster than you think. I will be back with a detailed look at how long the rain will last and whats ahead as the season change this weekend. Ama . S
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