CALIFORNIA - As erstwhile-Hurricane Rosa heads inland toward the Southwest, the Golden State is about to be beset by a trailing storm—bringing the first measurable rainfall since May to many areas along the California coast.

The storm is expected to bring rainfall to Northern and Central California this Tuesday before pressing on into Southern California in the middle of the week. Heavy rainfall is expected to touchdown on the Central Coast and may bring up to an inch of rain to the corridor between San Francisco and Santa Maria.

“This would be the first measurable rain since May 21 for Downtown Los Angeles and May 25 for San Francisco,” AccuWeather Meteorologist Maggie Samuhel noted in a report.“Farther inland, Fresno has not received measurable rain since mid-April.”

Meanwhile, a flagging Hurricane Rosa will progress past Baja California by mid-week and is expected to bring rainfall—and potentially, mudslides and flash flooding—to the Southwest as it progresses into Arizona Tuesday. By then, Rosa—which is now considered to be a Tropical Storm—is expected to be downgraded to a “tropical rainstorm.”

Early season rains in California are also expected to provide relief from the wildfires that have traversed the state throughout the arid summer season.

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