A pair of weather fronts, swirling off the Pacific Northwest coast, sent bands of showers into the Bay Area Friday, bringing another dose of precipitation to the region recovering from 3 years of drought.
While skies will start clear on Saturday night as hundreds of thousands gather in downtown San Francisco for the annual Chinese New Year parade, rain could fall later in the evening.
"Rain amounts will be measurable for most, but shouldn't be enough to cause any type of hydrologic concerns," the weather service said."However expect wet roadways and slower commute times this morning. Rain should be mostly out of the Bay Area by late morning and ending for the Central Coast by mid afternoon to early evening."
The commute hour showers slowed BART trains and created treacherous driving conditions. The California Highway Patrol was reporting more than 30 incidents officers were responding to on Bay Area freeways."Localized amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible , but this is another case where inland and rain shadowed locations could pick up much less," forecasters said."Breezy conditions will exist, especially in the hills.
The snow water equivalent measures the amount of water contained in the snowpack and is a key component of DWR's water supply forecast."California has always experienced some degree of swings between wet and dry, but the past few months have demonstrated how much more extreme those swings are becoming," said DWR Director Karla Nemeth.
"The greatest travel impacts for the Sierra are likely late Saturday night through daybreak Sunday as strong dynamics along the cold front will support an intense band of snow, with potential for 2-3"/hour snowfall rates at times producing whiteout conditions and rapidly worsening road conditions."Thanks for reading CBS NEWS.Please enter valid email address to continue
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