Bay Area weather: More showers on deck for Wednesday in second storm this week – East Bay Times

After an eventful month that saw the wettest October day on record for San Francisco, a second weather system this week is expected to bring more light showers to the Bay Area on Wednesday evening.

A cold front dropped more than one inch of rain in some regions of the North Bay mountains on Monday, with San Francisco, the Peninsula, the South Bay and lower elevations in the East Bay receiving less than an inch of rain, according to the National Weather Service. The majority of showers dwindled by Monday afternoon.

As of 6:45 a.m. Tuesday, 24-hour precipitation totals included 1.89 inches at Middle Peak at Mount Tamalpais, 1.26 inches in Kentfield, 0.23 inches in downtown San Francisco, 0.12 inches in Fremont and in Oakland, 0.13 inches in Livermore, 0.05 inches in Redwood City and 0.06 inches at the Mineta San Jose International Airport, according to the weather service.

A pretty similar weather system is set to arrive on Wednesday night into Thursday, said National Weather Service meteorologist Warren Blier.

Its nothing like what we saw back on Oct. 24th, he said. Santa Rosa and Mount Tamalpais could get 0.75 inches of rain, San Francisco could get 0.10 inches of rain, the South Bay could receive less than 0.10 inches and the Berkeley Hills could see 0.25 inches of rain.

Theres essentially no wildfire risk left and thats because of the enormous amount of rain we got in the October storm, Blier said. This is a series of weaker weather systems that is coming through and that Oct. 24 system didnt end the drought but its a step in the right direction. Every bit helps.

The rain system will travel from the west and temperatures are expected to range in the mid-60s for the majority of the Bay Area, although some places could reach the low 70s on Wednesday before the second rain system arrives. On Thursday, it could reach the mid-60s, but will be still pretty mild for this time of year, Blier said.

The weather systems this week will pale in comparison to the atmospheric river that soaked Northern California last month and brought some of the highest rainfall totals on record for October, but will still be welcomed to help further alleviate wildfire and drought conditions in the state.

Another weather front is expected to bring more rain early next week, according to the weather service.

San Francisco, which received 7.04 inches of rain last month, had 750% of its normal average of 0.94 inches for October, according to the weather service. Meanwhile, Oaklands rainfall total of 5.32 inches was 605% its usual average of 0.88 inches and San Jose got 2.16 inches of rain last month, measuring 408% of its typical average of 0.53 inches.

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