More showers on deck today in second weak storm this week
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 today.
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 San Jose International airport, according to the weather service.
An “awfully similar” weather system is set to arrive on Wednesday or Thursday and could be “even less powerful” than Monday’s showers, said National Weather Service meteorologist Sean Miller.
The rain systems traveled down from the Alaskan gulf 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, Miller 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.
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, Oakland’s 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.