After weeks of missed rain chances, extreme fire danger, and an exploding drought, desperately-needed rain is on the way. And this time it’s more than just a trace. While most of the tri-state, including the immediate New York City metro area,

Rain will develop and move northward through the late afternoon and evening hours, causing wet travel for anyone out and about after 5 p.m. Rain totals will be anywhere from half an inch to over an inch.

Meteorologist Stone Schafer's Monday morning Full Forecast

A series of storms fueled by a strong atmospheric river is taking aim at the Bay Area and Northern California, intensified by a so-called "bomb cyclone" that promises heavy rain and potential flooding.

A Pacific storm has undergone what meteorologists call bombogenesis while also hauling in an atmospheric river of moisture.