A weather alert was issued Saturday night which is expected to last through Monday with a cold system from Alaska which will produce rain and possible thundershowers.
…COLD STORM SYSTEM TO BRING PERIODS OF RAIN TO THE SAN FRANCISCO
BAY AREA AND MONTEREY BAY AREA FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY…
A COLD STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY DROPPING SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE GULF
OF ALASKA WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY…ALONG WITH MOUNTAIN SNOW. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD
THE NORTH BAY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THE
COLD FRONT WILL PUSH RAIN SOUTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION
ON SUNDAY. WIDESPREAD SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT FROM
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY.
THIS UPCOMING STORM WILL NOT PRODUCE AS MUCH RAINFALL AS THE ONE
THAT IMPACTED THE REGION THIS PAST SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
HOWEVER…THIS UPCOMING STORM WILL BE COLDER…AND SNOWFALL IS
POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS.
THE PRIMARY EXPECTED IMPACTS OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
* WET ROADWAYS…POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN TRAFFIC DELAYS. THE
PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE DURING THE MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON
COMMUTES…PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE REGION.
BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT IN PONDING
ON ROADWAYS.
* ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND
BRIEF GUSTY WINDS.
* SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO AROUND 4000 FEET BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY…AND POSSIBLY AS LOW AS 3000 FEET FOR BRIEF
PERIODS OF TIME IN HEAVIER SHOWERS. LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION
IS POSSIBLE IN THE HILLS ABOVE 4000 FEET.
RAINFALL TOTALS FROM SUNDAY THROUGH LATE MONDAY ARE PROJECTED TO
BE ANYWHERE FROM A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH AT MOST LOWER ELEVATION
LOCATIONS…TO AS MUCH AS THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN THE
COASTAL HILLS. LOCALIZED RAIN TOTALS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE SANTA CRUZ AND SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS.
SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF ON MONDAY EVENING AND END BY LATE MONDAY
NIGHT. DRY WEATHER IS FORECAST TO RETURN BY TUESDAY.
PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON
THIS INCOMING WEATHER SYSTEM.
