Parts of the Bay Area could get half an inch of rain Tuesday
Pedestrians walk near Alameda Beach during heavy rain in Alameda, California, on September 18, 2022.
Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATEA cold front is forecast to hit San Francisco The Bay Area on Tuesday may be a little wetter than expected, the National time Service said.
On Sunday, forecasters said Tuesday’s storm would likely bring up to a tenth of an inch across the region. Today, Brooke Bingaman, a meteorologist with the weather service, said much of the Bay Area, especially along the coast and bay, could see up to a quarter of an inch, and the mountains of Santa Cruz and the mountains of the North Bay could record high. of half an inch. The interior of the East Bay, cities like Livermore and Concord, can expect the least rainfall, with totals up to two-tenths of an inch.
“We just updated the forecast,” Bingaman told SFGATE on the phone at 2 p.m. Monday. “We see some growth in the forecast.”
The cold front originating in the Gulf of Alaska is expected to drench the Pacific Northwest before reaching the Bay Area by early Tuesday. The first rains could hit the North Bay at 5 p.m
“The rest of the Bay Area will start to see some rain by 8 a.m. or 9 a.m.,” Bingaman said. “The cold front will persist through the early morning and the rest of the afternoon. It won’t be until 4 or 5 pm on Tuesday that it will exit the Bay Area.”
Light rain could follow the storm on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
Northwest winds associated with the storm are expected to usher in a cold air mass that could bring record lows to the Bay Area Thursday and Friday morning, with overnight lows in the upper 40s the coast and the 30s in the interior valleys. The coldest places could drop into the 20s.
Thursday and Friday should be dry, but the weekend could bring another round of rain, Bingaman said.
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