After a warm, dry weekend across Northern California, wet weather is forecast to return this week. Widespread rain and the strongest winds so far this season are predicted in the Bay Area, North Coast, Sacramento Valley and Sierra Nevada as an atmospheric river-fueled storm sweeps through the region. … Because of the warm wind direction, this week’s storm isn’t anticipated to be a big snowmaker in the Sierra Nevada. … Several inches of rain is forecast around the headwaters of the Sacramento and Feather rivers, which is important for water supply early in the wet season.

Other atmospheric river news:

• SFGate: Widespread rainfall returning to Bay Area, leading to ‘difficult driving conditions’
• KCRA (Sacramento, Calif.): Tracking Northern California rain on Wednesday
• Newsweek: Map shows states experiencing atmospheric river