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Auggie

(31,798 posts)
Thu May 2, 2024, 11:09 AM May 2024

Rare month of May precipitation headed for Northern California and Bay Area

Confidence is increasing that Saturday will be quite wet across Northern California and the Bay Area, at least for May standards. A cold front is likely to reach the North Coast and northern Sacramento Valley on Friday night, arriving in the Bay Area during the early to mid-morning Saturday.

Several hours of steady rain is expected in the Bay Area, before widespread precipitation turns to scattered showers in the afternoon and evening. About a quarter- to half-inch of rain is expected in San Francisco, Oakland and Sacramento. Up to 2 inches of rain is possible in Eureka and Crescent City.

In the Sierra Nevada, precipitation is likely to begin as rain, but the system will draw in much colder air with it, dropping the snow line below 5,000 feet Saturday afternoon. Saturday’s high temperatures in the Bay Area and Sacramento Valley are forecast to be in the upper 50s to mid-60s, a 10- to 20-degree drop from Friday.

More (paywall): https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather-forecast/article/rain-bay-area-california-19433293.php



Bring it on, Momma Nature

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Rare month of May precipitation headed for Northern California and Bay Area (Original Post) Auggie May 2024 OP
Hooray! quaint May 2024 #1
Coming to DC area too! elleng May 2024 #2
Rain Friday night and Saturday in San Francisco; clearing in late PM to sun, clouds, and bracing clean-air cool. NBachers May 2024 #3
That's a nice day Auggie May 2024 #4

elleng

(136,043 posts)
2. Coming to DC area too!
Thu May 2, 2024, 11:18 AM
May 2024

79 and sunny here now, southern MD; forecast hi 86, rain begins Sunday, seems to run thru next week with hi up to 82.

NBachers

(18,131 posts)
3. Rain Friday night and Saturday in San Francisco; clearing in late PM to sun, clouds, and bracing clean-air cool.
Sun May 5, 2024, 12:24 AM
May 2024

Waiting for the streetcar in front of the Ferry Building, we made friends with a mom & daughter visiting from Taiwan. Went to In 'N' Out at Fisherman's Wharf and a woman from Portugal shared our table. Sat next to a family traveling from Africa on the streetcar back to Market Street.

Clear air SF Bay Bridge:



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