Light drizzles make way for warm weekend as Bay Area rain season winds down
While the Bay Area experienced light rain Friday morning, the sun is on its way for a warmer weekend coming up.
After suffering through the heaviest period of recorded rainfall in the Bay Area since Abraham Lincoln was in the Oval Office and sometimes lethal windstorms, it’ll finally be time for shorts, T-shirt and flip flop weather this weekend.
According to the National Weather Service, inland highs in the mid and even high 70s are in the forecast for Sunday and Monday. On the coast, temperatures were expected to reach high 60s and low 70s.
“It’s not going to be really long-lived, but we are looking for a few really warm days,” said NWS meteorologist Sean Miller. “Sunday into Monday we’re going to have a bit of a warm-up.”
Saturday was forecast for a cooler, cloudier day similar to Friday, absent of rain. Saturday forecast highs around the Bay Area include 68 in San Jose, 60 in San Francisco, 63 in Oakland, 67 in Walnut Creek and and 64 in Santa Cruz.
On Sunday those highs will rise to 76 in San Jose, 64 in San Francisco, 69 in Oakland, 75 in Walnut Creek and 71 in Santa Cruz. As of Friday morning, Monday’s forecasts were similar in all cities.
“I think we’ve all been waiting for a little bit of a break in the cool and wet conditions,” Miller said. “I would say we earned it.”
The Bay Area earned the warm weather through enduring a wicked storm season, which could be ending soon according to Miller. The region saw mild rainfall Friday morning. NWS 24-hour rain totals as of 8:30 a.m. Friday were .02 inches in San Jose, .18 in San Francisco, .09 in Oakland and .03 in Walnut Creek.
While you were sleeping it's been raining. How much rain actually fell over the last 12 hours? Just shy of an inch along the Sonoma Coast nothin toward Monterey Bay. #cawx pic.twitter.com/WmSYeKfgQy
— NWS Bay Area
(@NWSBayArea) April 7, 2023
Similar amounts of rainfall are possible throughout the early spring months, Miller says, but the region shouldn’t expect any more massive atmospheric rivers or bomb cyclones any time soon.
“We’re still in the time of the year where we still get some rain, but the window for the heavier stuff that we got earlier in the year, that seems to be on its way out,” he said.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.