The Bay Area’s first rain in nearly three weeks is forecast Tuesday, and it could arrive just in time for the evening commute.
A weak cold front will fizzle as it approaches the Northern California coastline, but it should hold together just enough for light rainfall totals, in San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley. San Francisco’s dry spell will end just shy of three weeks if 0.01 inches of rain is measured.
Morning will present a good window for outdoor activities, with light winds and increasing clouds in the middle to upper elevations of the atmosphere. Those clouds could make for a colorful sunrise.
By midafternoon, the cold front is predicted to reach the North Bay, bringing showers to the Highway 101 corridor in Marin and Sonoma counties. Rainfall totals in those areas could range from a tenth to a quarter of an inch…