![]() ![]() PG&E said Friday that the weekend storm has “potential to cause power outages due to significant rain, gusty winds and heavy snow in the mountains.” The Peninsula has the highest risk for outages, followed by the North Bay, South Bay and East Bay, according to the utility. The “quick-moving” cold front will come through from the north on Wednesday and drop another inch or two of rain in most locations in the region, officials say. Winds are expected to range in the 30 to 40 miles per hour range in the coastal mountains, with lowland areas seeing gusts between 20 and 30 miles per hour.Īnother storm is also brewing for Wednesday. The Sierra Nevada mountains are expected to experience heavy snowfall and travel delays during the storm, with the higher elevations projected to get more than 8 feet of snow. Most of the storm should clear out by Monday afternoon with rainfall ending by Tuesday morning, Garcia said. Immediate coastal areas, such as Point Reyes, Half Moon Bay, Pacifica and Santa Cruz are expected to receive 3 to 5 inches of precipitation while lowland areas, such as the East Bay valleys, Daly City and San Mateo, could get 1 to 3 inches. ![]() Higher elevations may get 6 to 8 inches of rain. The system will be focused between Marin County and the Santa Cruz mountains, with coastal ranges expected to be the biggest benefactors of the rainfall. By the early daylight hours, the core of the Bay Area is expected to see rain. The storm will reach Marin County around sunrise. The storm is likely to be a 2 or 3 on the UC San Diego Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes’ scale, which ranks atmospheric-river storms from weakest to strongest, up to 5. The narrow, moisture-rich system from the Pacific Northwest will first hit the North Bay, with Sonoma County expected to see precipitation in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Brian Garcia. (National Weather Service)īay Area residents were preparing for some of the coldest temperatures of the season on Friday night, officials said, before an atmospheric river storm is expected to dump a few inches of rain on the drought-stricken region. The Bay Area is expected to get a couple inches of rain during this weekend’s atmospheric river storm. ![]()
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