Federal forecasters say an “atmospheric river” is headed for the soggy North Bay.

 

Following an inch of rain overnight Wednesday, the El Nino forecast calls for bands of rain Thursday, Friday and Saturday before a “super soaker” that amounts to a “firehose pointed at the North Bay” moves in late Sunday or early Monday.

 

National Weather Service forecaster Steve Anderson said it will be “an atmospheric river … a long, continuous string of moisture” Sunday and Monday that could alone dump 3 inches or more, doubling rainfall over the previous several days. “It will be a big shot of rain.”