Those who went outside Thursday noticed an odd thing: The roads
were wet.
Those who went outside Thursday noticed an odd thing: The roads were wet. Due to moisture coming from desert monsoons, Morgan Hill’s normal hot and dry summer weather turned into something that more resembles summer in the Midwest or East Coast.
Only a trace of rain fell.
The desert monsoons have sent wet weather north causing a wide variety of problems, not to mention rain in July. The entire week, firefighters have been battling fires caused by lightning strikes throughout the Bay Area.
The National Weather Service issued a weather advisory Thursday for South Santa Clara County, warning of thunderstorms and possible lightning strikes. The weather service also issued fire warnings related to the lightning for the Bay Area that extend into Napa County. The warning was extending into this morning.
Chris Morgan, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry Santa Clara Ranger Station in Morgan Hill, more than 250 acres burned in the East Bay as a result of fires. Firefighters from the Morgan Hill station have been dispatched to some of those fires.
Although there have been no local reports of lightning strikes, Morgan said that could change at any time.
Fire danger remains high even with the precipitation.
According to the National Weather Service, the cloudy weather with increased humidity should clear up by the weekend.
Highs for Saturday are expected to reach into the 80s with fog on the coast.
