Parts of the Bay Area saw lingering showers Monday after a damaging and unpredictable storm system blew through the region last weekend, while more rain was expected after several days of dry weather.
The National Weather Service said Monday in its forecast discussion in the Bay Area that there is a 100 percent chance of showers and rain with patchy fog for some parts of the region. Conditions in the Bay Area were expected to remain dry Monday night and remain dry through Friday.
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Monday’s light rain fell from north to south across the region in amounts of less than an inch for the higher North Bay properties and about 0.25 to 0.5 inches over the rest of the North Bay; even less for the rest of the Bay Area and Central Coast.
A coastal flooding advisory was in effect along the San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay coasts until 1 p.m. Monday due to high tides. The high tide in San Francisco was 7 feet at 11:08 a.m. Monday.
Daytime highs were expected in the mid-50s to mid-60s on the coast, mid-to-high 50s around the bay and mid-to-high 50s inland. Overnight lows would be mainly in the 40s.
The Weather Service said that in addition to the dry weather during the work week, there will also be a slight warming trend. The forecast for Friday and beyond is that “uncertain and wet weather appears likely, but it remains too early to refine details such as timing, rain amounts and wind.”
On Saturday, a tornado touched down in the Santa Cruz County city of Scotts Valleyflipping cars and knocking down power lines. According to the fire brigade, several people were injured. The relatively weak EF1 tornado lasted five minutes and winds were estimated to have peaked at about 90 miles per hour.
The Weather Service had issued a severe thunderstorm warning in the area shortly before the tornado, the latest extreme wind event associated with the powerful storm that moved through Northern California overnight. The storm caused the first ever tornado warning in San Francisco shortly before 6 a.m., although the tornado did not occur.
The storm’s high winds affected the entire region, including a citywide power outage in the North Bay town of Novato And a complete closure of Interstate 580 in both directions near the San Joaquin and Alameda county line after a multi-vehicle crash involving a big rig due to high winds.
