Rain returns with more storms possible next week
Following a stretch of clear and dry weather, rain returned to the Bay Area overnight Tuesday as an “ordinary” spring storm made its way across the region.
More rain is expected Friday, and two more storms could make the first part of next week a wet one. The front that brought rain Tuesday night into Wednesday was a typical one for this time of year, according to the National Weather Service.
“This is a run-of-themill spring system,” said Scott Rowe, a meteorologist with the weather service in Monterey. “Now we’re in that time of year where we’re transitioning from a wet season to a dry season. This is a very ordinary system with moderate to locally heavy rain.”
Through 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, 24-hour rainfall totals included Richmond at .71 inches, San Francisco .66, Santa Rosa .56, Oakland .52, San Jose .32 and Concord .30, according to the weather service. The wettest location in the Bay Area was the Santa Cruz mountains, where one rain station recorded 1.17 inches.
In San Jose, the rain followed a stretch of four consecutive days of 70-degree temperatures, including a high of 78 on Monday, according to the National Weather Service. The high in San Jose on Tuesday was 72.
Another quick-moving system is expected to deliver light rain across the Bay Area on Friday, with showers lingering into the night, according to the weather service. Once the rain clears, mainly dry conditions are expected this weekend, with temperatures in the low to mid-60s.
Rowe said there are two more storms that could impact the Bay Area next week, the first on Monday and the second in the middle of the week.
“We’re going to keep our eyes on the ones next week,” Rowe said. “They may be a little wetter” than the storms this week.
Rainfall totals across California for the water year that began Oct. 1 are mostly above average for this time of year, including Redding (31.68 inches, or 116 percent of its historical average), San Francisco (21.57 inches, 108 percent), Oakland (16.88 inches or 97 percent), and San Jose (13.45 inches, 103 percent.)