Gloomy skies and drizzle are in the early week forecast for the Bay Area but wet weather is expected to clear up beginning Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
The region’s on-again, off-again fling with rain will continue through Tuesday, bringing in less than an inch of rain across the Bay Area, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Crystal Oudit.
“We still have chances for rain continuing through Tuesday and then it tapers off Wednesday and it’ll be dry rest of week,” Oudit said. “No concerns for crazy gusty winds or anything like that.”
The forecast is consistent with what the weather service was anticipating heading into this weekend, Oudit said.
The one change, she noted, is a 15% chance of a thunderstorm in the North bay Monday afternoon. Nothing “eye-popping” is expected, according to a Sunday morning forecast from the Weather Service, but a mix of clear skies and cold air could make the atmosphere unstable.
“Thunderstorms or not, post-frontal rain showers are expected through the day Monday,” read the Sunday morning forecast. “If a thunderstorm were to develop, locally gusty winds and heavy rainfall, lightning, and small hail would be the primary hazards.”
Temperatures are expected to rise into the 70s for much of the region by the weekend, Oudit said. The coast will see temperatures in the 60s, according to the National Weather Service forecast.