Incoming storm for the Bay Area to bring much needed rain

The storm expected to sweep through the Bay Area this week will be the first of several throughout California in January that could bring the state close to normal rainfall levels for the new year. But it won’t be enough to make up for an unusually dry end of the year, forecasters said Monday.

The first storm of 2018 will make landfall in San Francisco by late Wednesday morning before moving through the rest of the Bay Area in the afternoon, said Roger Gass, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

“We definitely need some rain so this will, at least, be a good change from what we’ve been experiencing that’s for sure,” Gass said.