Grab your boots and raincoats, another atmospheric river is set to hit the Bay Area on Monday night.
The storm will not be as big as the rainfall we experienced in late October, but National Weather Service Meteorologist Rick Canepa said we are still set for a good soaking.
"The precipital water in this system will probably be about 75% of the strong atmospheric river we had in late October," he told KCBS Radio's Jennifer Hodges. "Another factor of this system is that it's moving much faster than the late October atmospheric river, so that should limit rainfall amounts."
Precipital water is the measure of the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere and kind of an indication of how much it could rain.
The heaviest rain is expected to hit Monday night into Tuesday morning, but will mellow out during the day Tuesday. The North Bay is forecasted to bear the brunt of the rainfall, receiving two to three inches of rain, while the South Bay and East Bay will receive one to one and a half inches.
"There will be some river rises, but only about two to four feet," Canepa said. "The good thing is that it's pretty quick moving, basically about a 12 hour window mostly focused on the North Bay."
The rainfall will also help reservoirs and fuel snowpack in the mountains.
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