MONTEREY — After a brief warm up, cooler weather — and even rain — is set to return to the Bay Area this weekend.
Average to slightly below average temperatures will arrive Saturday and persist into next week, with highs generally in the upper 50s to low 60s, the National Weather Service said in an advisory.
Light rain is also in the forecast, according to the weather service. The first of two low-pressure systems is expected to roll into the region Saturday and make its exit Monday. The second system will arrive Tuesday morning and hang around until Wednesday.
Most areas will receive .1 to .5 inches of rain between Saturday and Monday, but the North Bay mountains, Santa Cruz Mountains and Santa Lucia range will see up to 1 inch.
There is also a slight chance of thunderstorms on Sunday, the weather service said.
The cooler and wetter weather follows a brief warm-up that saw two Central Coast cities set new daily high temperature records and one Bay Area city tie its previous record.
On Thursday, King City hit 85 degrees, topping its previous record of 83 set in 2002, and Salinas reached 84 degrees, besting its old mark of 82 set in 1992, the weather service said.
Redwood City, meanwhile, tied its previous record of 79 degrees set 93 years ago.
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