Water spills over the sea wall at the San Francisco Embarcadero amid a king tide. The tidal anomaly at the time of recording was 1.4 ft and www expected to increase to 1.7ft within the hour.
A 2-foot anomaly, the highest summer tide on record, was forecast Sunday evening.
A surge of cooler air moving up from the Central Coast will bring lower temperatures to much of the Bay Area. But the heat will not disappear everywhere at once.
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Federal forecasters confirmed that El Niño is here and said it could be one of the largest such events since 1950. California can expect impacts.
…in the central and southern portion of the state.
…though once-rare events are becoming more common.
S.F. to see highest-ever summer high tide, flooding — and the forecast just got worse: Flooding on Friday and Saturday nights are projected to exceed the 1 in 100-year expectation for coastal flooding… www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti... @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com
El Niño is here — and likely to be historic. Here’s how California will be impacted—Strong to very strong El Niños favor more precipitation in all portions of California, with the more pronounced signal… www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti... @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com
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One of the most serious hazards of groundwater rise is that it can mobilize contaminants already present in the soil. There are existing contaminated sites around the Bay with toxins.
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Okay, folks: The big El Niño update is now out on Weather West! This sure looks like it's going to be a dramatic year from a global climate perspective, and there are major implications for extreme events (across California, the U.S. West, & well beyond).
Free the Eel! June 23 and 24 in Ukiah, tell FERC there's no time to lose, the Eel River Dams must go.
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June 11, 2026 - Daniel Swain - A quick refresher: What is El Niño and how can it affect global weather patterns? El Niño is the warm phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a semi-regular recurring cycle that transfers vast amounts of heat and momentum from the tropical Pacific to the global atmosphere. It is triggered every 3–7 years when the #
