A precursor rain event continues this morning south of the Golden Gate, with a more intense system expected to bring flooding and damaging winds through Thursday.A flood watch for the coastal counties and a high wind watch for the entire region come into effect at 10 p.m. Wednesday The storm system clears out late Thursday and Friday with drier conditions going into the weekend.Radar returns and satellite imagery reveal widespread light rainfall, with some regions of heavier rain rates impacting the area south of Marin County and the Carquinez Strait down through the Central Coast. Rainfall totals have remained relatively modest, with accumulations of a tenth to a quarter of an inch across the coastal regions and a few hundredths of an inch inland. Up to half an inch of additional rainfall is expected across the Santa Lucias, with generally around a tenth to a quarter inch of additional rainfall expected in the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley regions.This additional rainfall is expected to fall before sunrise across most of the region, with the southern half of Monterey County remaining rather showery into the late morning hours.As the first hit of rain moves out, today should be rather dry but cloudy, with high temperatures reaching the middle to upper 50s for most of the lowlands, except the North Bay coast where highs reach the low 50s.The next storm system begins to impact the region Wednesday night, as a deep upper-level low rapidly develops off the Pacific Northwest while a surface low strengthens to around 984 mb off Northern California.Key points include:A precursor rainfall event continuing early this morningA more impactful event Wednesday p.m./Thursday a.m.A flood watch in effect from 10 p.m. Wednesday to 10 p.m. Saturday for coastal counties High wind watch is in effect from 10 p.m. Wednesday to 10 a.m. Friday for the entire CWA.Soils are saturated after initial rain Wednesday, leading to the potential for widespread shallow landslides and downed trees.The highest impact areas are the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Big Sur coast.A high surf warning is in effect from 3 p.m. Thursday to 3 a.m. Saturday for the Pacific coast.The forecast high temperatures for today are expected to reach the middle to upper 50s for most lowland areas, with the North Bay coast seeing highs in the low 50s. The KSBW 8-day forecast shows high temperatures and sky conditions near the coast and inland areas for the next eight days.
A precursor rain event continues this morning south of the Golden Gate, with a more intense system expected to bring flooding and damaging winds through Thursday.
A flood watch for the coastal counties and a high wind watch for the entire region come into effect at 10 p.m. Wednesday
The storm system clears out late Thursday and Friday with drier conditions going into the weekend.
Radar returns and satellite imagery reveal widespread light rainfall, with some regions of heavier rain rates impacting the area south of Marin County and the Carquinez Strait down through the Central Coast.
Rainfall totals have remained relatively modest, with accumulations of a tenth to a quarter of an inch across the coastal regions and a few hundredths of an inch inland.
Up to half an inch of additional rainfall is expected across the Santa Lucias, with generally around a tenth to a quarter inch of additional rainfall expected in the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley regions.
This additional rainfall is expected to fall before sunrise across most of the region, with the southern half of Monterey County remaining rather showery into the late morning hours.
As the first hit of rain moves out, today should be rather dry but cloudy, with high temperatures reaching the middle to upper 50s for most of the lowlands, except the North Bay coast where highs reach the low 50s.
The next storm system begins to impact the region Wednesday night, as a deep upper-level low rapidly develops off the Pacific Northwest while a surface low strengthens to around 984 mb off Northern California.
Key points include:
Soils are saturated after initial rain Wednesday, leading to the potential for widespread shallow landslides and downed trees.
The highest impact areas are the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Big Sur coast.
A high surf warning is in effect from 3 p.m. Thursday to 3 a.m. Saturday for the Pacific coast.
The forecast high temperatures for today are expected to reach the middle to upper 50s for most lowland areas, with the North Bay coast seeing highs in the low 50s. The KSBW 8-day forecast shows high temperatures and sky conditions near the coast and inland areas for the next eight days.