It could rain for many hours each day in the middle of next week as a storm takes a swing through Southern California, forecasters say.

After a long dry spell accompanied by freezing temperatures in the Bay Area, rain is finally reentering the forecast, with an atmospheric river poised to soak the region in the coming days. The precipitation comes after forecasters initially expected the final weeks of the month to be completely dry,

Following a mostly dry January in the Bay Area, a wet weather pattern returns to the region beginning on the final day of the month.

KRON4's Kyla Grogan has your afternoon forecast for Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025