https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/12/02/how-the-atmospheric-river-storm-affected-bay-area-rain-totals/ > Remember fire season and power outages? They seem so long ago now. > The cold storms that suddenly doused the Bay Area over the past week instantly flipped a switch from summer to winter weather conditions. But so far, they have brought radically different amounts of rain to communities across Northern California.