Bay Area expected to get first ‘significant rainfall’ since May

The primary rain of the season is heading to the Bay Space this week.

On Sunday afternoon, the Nationwide Climate Service mentioned on social media {that a} chilly entrance will deliver rain to the better Bay Space, with most of it falling within the North Bay. Will probably be the primary “important rainfall” within the area since Could.

The rain is predicted to start out on Monday and final by way of early Tuesday with many of the precipitation coming down beginning Monday evening. The North Bay is predicted to rise up to 1 / 4 of an inch within the valleys and 0.3″-0.7″ at larger elevations.

The Peninsula, East Bay and the Santa Cruz mountains are anticipated to get only a drizzle, with predictions totaling a number of hundredths of an inch.

The rain comes because the Bay Space has been scuffling with poor air high quality from wildfires in Oregon and Northern California. By Sunday, although, the air high quality had improved in lots of components of the area as wind patterns pushed out the smoke.