San Francisco Weather: Bay Area storm floods California roads, kills 2 in Ore.

The National Weather Service said the barrage is "expected to be one of the strongest storms in terms of wind and rain" since storms in October 2009 and January 2008. Moderate rain and gusty winds began hitting Northern California late Wednesday

Our morning drizzle and fog morphs to mainly cloudy conditions and scattered sprinkles by noon.

Los Angeles (CNN) — A brewing Pacific storm will pour desperately needed rain on California's historic drought, but the pending wet wallop promises to carry a high price as schools in San Francisco and Oakland are bracing themselves and will be closed

Our morning drizzle and fog morphs to mainly cloudy conditions and scattered sprinkles by noon.

For comparison, San Francisco has recorded 3.21 inches of rain for the day through 10 p.m. If I'm reading the weather records right, that makes it one of the five rainiest December days in the city's weather history going back to 1849. And down there