Overnight rain replaced by chilly temps

In a rare 2020 occurrence, a wet, damp, cold morning greeted Bay Area residents Thursday after steady rain fell during the overnight hours.

Only the cold will stick around.

“That’s about all we’re going to see for the rain,” National Weather Service meteorologist Brayden Murdock said Thursday morning. “It’s pretty much clearing out. That last bit of it is on line with Southern Monterey, but it’s really pushing east right now, so we’ll have to wait for the next (system) before we see anything else.”

In in the interim, Murdock said it will remain chilly. The highs throughout the region Thursday were not expected to get past 62 degrees, and overnight temperatures were expected to fall into the 30s in most areas. In areas of the far East

Bay, forecasters predicted temperatures as low as 34 degrees.

By the weekend, those temperatures were expected to creep up a bit, Murdock said, but meteorologists were unsure when the next system bringing precipitation would occur. High pressure was to start building again Thursday, and Murdock said the weather models show that dry weather will last at least into the Christmas holiday.