Monday skies are offering a brief glimpse of sunshine before multiple storm systems drench the Bay Area the rest of the week.
“The storm doors” opened on Sunday across the region, with some areas picking up as much as half an inch of rain fall, KPIX’s Mary Lee said.
The National Weather Service noted the system’s drizzle lingered in the South Bay and Monterey on Monday morning, though most of the region bathed in sunlight throughout the day with afternoon highs in the 60s.
The next storm, predicted to be heavier than Sunday’s, is expected to land Tuesday night and last through Wednesday across the Bay Area.
That system will be the first of a parade of storms which could impact the region every day this week, the heaviest of which is forecasted to pour over the weekend.
The rainfall is desperately needed during an intense fire season and amid a historic drought across the state.
U.C. Berkeley Professor of Fire Science Scott Stevens told KCBS Radio the showers need to last longer than just this week to provide meaningful long term fire relief. He said that there’s a lot riding on how much precipitation the region receives this winter.
Stevens added that parts of Sonoma County could receive up to six to eight inches of water in the coming days.
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