The Christmas week storms that slammed into California buried Tahoe in snow and one Southern California town in mud, while knocking down trees, flooding roads and cutting power in many communities, but the Bay Area emerged on Friday in fairly good shape — having dodged disaster but still watching for trouble.
Another round of showers was expected to hit the Bay Area on Friday, and possibly linger into Saturday morning, though the most severe weather had subsided, meteorologists said.
The National Weather Service reported a 15 to 20% chance of thunderstorms through Friday, with up to 2 to 5 inches of rain expected in the valleys and 6 to 8 inches in the coastal mountains. Gusts were forecast to reach 30 to 45 mph for higher elevations and between 20 to 35 mph for the rest of the region…