The transition from a wet week within the Bay Space to a sunny weekend moved step by step on Friday, with the precipitation from the ultimate of three storms taking its time transferring out of space.
Occasional pockets of rain nonetheless fell earlier than dawn in areas of the area and was anticipated to maintain doing so off-and-on till no less than the afternoon, in response to the Nationwide Climate Service. However as soon as the ultimate drop falls, the curtain will open to ever-brightening skies.
“It’s just the pace of the storm,” NWS meteorologist Roger Gass mentioned Friday. “There is still moisture aloft. Once the dryer air comes in from the north, we’re going to go dry.”
The sunny climate is anticipated to final by the weekend and into early subsequent week. Temperatures will probably be chilly — the highs aren’t anticipated to climb out of the mid-50s, and the lows will within the 30s and presumably beneath 32 levels in some areas, the climate service mentioned.
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The company issued a frost advisory and freeze warning for Saturday morning that runs from Cloverdale to south of Massive Sur and as far east as Harmony and Livermore. Gass mentioned extra could also be doubtless because the chilly snap continues.
Nonetheless, the chilly climate additionally will probably be fairly calm. Winds that gusted as excessive as 50 mph within the higher elevations on Thursday and better than 65 mph on Tuesday had calmed to barely a ripple Friday morning, and flood advisories that dotted the area expired.
The dry climate additionally is anticipated to supply a small little bit of reduction for soil that’s absolutely saturated and liable to run-off. Such situations contribute to flooding and may carry down bushes in wet climate.
The final of the regular rain fell with reasonable tempo on Thursday. At 7 a.m., the 24-hour rainfall totals confirmed that just about 3 inches fell on Mt. Umunhum and about 2 2/3 inches fell on Ben Lomond within the Santa Cruz Mountains. Oakland and San Francisco every acquired about two-thirds of an inch, and San Jose acquired about four-tenths of an inch. Mount Diablo acquired 1.1 inches, Richmond a half-inch and Harmony had simply five-hundredths of an inch.
As for the following storm, the climate service mentioned it’s forming over the ocean and that its traits ought to come into focus because it strikes nearer to land. Gass mentioned the soonest rain is more likely to fall once more is Wednesday.
Initially Printed: February 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM PST
