SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) — Rain and wind Tuesday night and Wednesday morning will be particularly heavy in the mountains of Santa Cruz and Monterey counties, potentially causing flooding in some of the burned areas there, a National Weather Service meteorologist said on Tuesday.
But the entire Bay Area could see disruptions from the weather. High winds are forecasted until about 1 a.m., with some areas like eastern Alameda County having gusts of up to 60 mph, according to weather service meteorologist Brian Garcia.
The wind could cause power outages, and the rain through Tuesday night will lead to slick roadways and some flooding, potentially delaying commutes and resulting in crashes, according to the weather service.
Most of the rain will hit the mountainous areas of Santa Cruz and Monterey counties, where up to 5 to 8 inches of rain could fall over a 12-hour period starting late Tuesday night.
Rainfall could be so heavy that up to an inch an hour could fall Tuesday night, Garcia said.
That could lead to flash floods and debris flowing out of some of the areas that burned over the summer, such as the Loma Prieta area of the Santa Cruz Mountains and the sites of the Soberanes and Chimney fires in Monterey County, Garcia said. The debris could flow onto and block roadways.
Heavy rain could also fall in Napa and Sonoma counties, where in some areas up to 4 inches of rain could fall, potentially leading to some flooding.
Another larger rainstorm is forecasted for this weekend, when as much as 5 to 7 inches of rain could fall in San Francisco. There will be some rain Friday night, but most of the rainfall will be between Saturday night and Sunday morning, according to Garcia.
In the meantime, on Thursday and Friday the weather is expected to clear up but temperatures will get chillier, with lows potentially in the 30s in San Francisco.
Zip code says Bay Area but raining like Seattle! think this is rain we should have had last yr El Niño @kron4news pic.twitter.com/c1NJW03S5k
— Will Tran (@KRON4WTran) January 4, 2017
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Wind advisory now in effect until 1 AM tonight. Urban locations will see southerly winds 20 to 30 mph with local gusts to 45 mph. #cawx pic.twitter.com/ubOQNdie0J
— NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) January 3, 2017
//platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsPOWER OUTAGES:
There are roughly 10,550 PG&E customers without electrical service during Tuesday evening’s stormy weather, according to a spokesperson for the utility.
Roughly 3,900 customers lost power in the Guerneville area of Sonoma County around 5:40 p.m. when a tree fell on a power line. Crews are working to safely restore service, but there’s no estimate for when the power will come back on.
There are two separate outages in the Woodacre area of Marin County. An outage affecting roughly 1,214 customers began at 4:28 p.m., and another affecting roughly 3,120 customers began at 5:23 p.m.
In San Francisco there are roughly 1,335 customers affected by a series of outages. On the Peninsula there are 3,160 customers without power.
The East Bay has roughly 610 customers without power and there are roughly 225 customers affected in the South Bay, according to PG&E.
My whole building and block just lost power. 😐— Jason Gil Bear (@Jasongilbear) January 4, 2017