Bay Area Desperate For Rain As La Nina Grips West Coast. Jeff Ranieri With Abnormal Trend.

February 9th, 2011. This has truly been a past 12 months of extremes in the Bay Area. It was just months ago that we experienced a record cool Summer and above average rain in 2010. Now the La Nina pattern has taken hold. Since January 1st only 6 days with measurable rain with the Bay Area starting to fall below average for the rainfall season. Details on what’s causing the unusual drying and warming in our video clip. Jeff Ranieri, NBC Bay Area Chief Meteorologist