Bay Area Rain, Sierra Snow in Forecast

Wind speeds volition bump up to 15 to 25 mph crossed the Bay Area during Monday day arsenic rainfall starts adjacent the seashore and North Bay and drops southbound into the evening.

Unlike erstwhile weeks, rainfall totals don’t look excessively utmost with this tempest with totals successful the 0.50 to 1” scope for the North Bay hills, and mostly little than 0.25” for areas southbound of San Francisco.

A fewer inland areas similar the Santa Clara Valley and Tri-Valley whitethorn not spot excessively overmuch arsenic rainfall shadowing volition apt support totals down.

More chances for rainfall volition beryllium ongoing done the week, chiefly for the North Bay with a regionwide tempest arriving astir Friday that whitethorn bring the champion rainfall totals and rainfall rates per hr to the Bay Area for Friday into aboriginal Saturday

Meanwhile, snowfall is backmost successful the forecast precocious until Tuesday greeting successful the Sierra and northbound of Redding, according to the National Weather Service.

A wintertime tempest informing volition beryllium successful effect Sunday and Monday nights, dropping to a wintertime upwind advisory during daylight hours.

Forecasters accidental to expect 4 to 10 inches of caller snowfall supra 2,000 feet, and 1 to 2 feet supra 3,000 feet.

Officials accidental to expect question delays and important reductions successful visibility astatine times connected upland roads.

Chain controls are apt to beryllium successful effect. Lower elevations astir Northern California volition spot rainfall some days.

Bay City News contributed to the report.