The Bay Area is experiencing scattered showers and a continuing slight risk of thunderstorms. The unstable weather pattern, following a cold front that swept through the region, is expected to bring convective showers that are particularly active around the coast and inland valleys. Snow levels have dipped to as low as 3000 feet amidst the colder air, prompting chances of snow across the higher elevations, according to National Weather Service San Francisco.
A post from NWS Bay Area echoes this, highlighting an overnight persistence in scattered showers, emphasizing the Bay Area through to the Central Coast, where the risk of thunderstorms will persist throughout the afternoon. "5 AM Radar Update: Scattered showers have continued overnight, especially in the southern Bay Area and Central Coast. Slight risk of thunderstorms continues through the morning in the Bay Area, through the afternoon across the Central Coast," the NWS Bay Area tweeted.
Wind gusts along the ridgelines and the immediate coast may reach up to 30 miles per hour throughout the evening, the National Weather Service warned. While inland valleys experienced morning lows in the mid to upper 30s, a minor consolation comes with a warming trend forecast; weekend temperatures are expected to climb back to nearer the seasonal average.
Mariners aren't spared from the elements, with the National Weather Service San Francisco cautioning that strong northwest winds and rough seas will persist into the evening. A Small Craft Advisory is in effect for specific zones until Friday morning. The choppy conditions are set to ease by Saturday, only to worsen again with a series of storms projected for next week, "Conditions will deteriorate again next week as a series of storms moves through the coastal waters," the National Weather Service states.
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