Marin, Sonoma counties get new weather radar to better predict flood-causing storms
With a new El Niño watch announced Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Bay Area weather surveyors are calling all hands on deck in case next winter mimics the winter we just went through here in the North Bay. County public works agencies are installing a new radar system with a technology the U.S. Navy has long coveted to help predict potential flooding when atmospheric rivers slam the Pacific Coast. As part of the $30 million project funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, California’s Office of Emergency Services and state Department of Water Resources, one radar device was placed off Airport Boulevard near the Sonoma County wastewater treatment plant. Another is going in on Pine Flat Road near The Geysers by early 2024. The cost for the Sonoma County units is $700,000 each.
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