San Francisco Bay Space might see some rain earlier than warmth takes over

It rained a little on Thursday morning in the Bay Area, but cloud cover is expected to break up sometime in the afternoon, paving the way for 90-degree temperatures in parts of the region, the National Weather Service said.

Parts of North Bay, including San Rafael and Mill Valley, experienced limited showers in the mornings, but the National Weather Service tweeted that it did not expect “widespread rainfall across the region.”

According to the NWS website, most locations in the Bay Area have a 20% chance of rainfall on Thursday morning.

Meteorologists believe the region will be sunny in the afternoon, with highs expected inland in the 90s while coastal areas were expected to have highs in the 70s.

The Friday forecast is similar to the Thursday forecast, as clouds are expected in the region in the morning before an afternoon that is forecast slightly hotter than Thursday. Temperatures are projected to rise through the weekend, and on Sunday the expected highs will rise to the high 90s in the interior and the high 70s and low 80s in the coastal areas.

On Tuesday, there were a few thunderstorms in southern California due to a monsoon flood from the southwest. The monsoon wave reached Northern California and the Bay Area on Wednesday evening, hence the limited showers in North Bay on Thursday morning.

The surge did not bring dry lightning to the area, a relief after some feared the August 2020 lightning event would recur, which started thousands of fires and resulted in a record year of forest fires in California.

SFGATE news editor Amy Graff contributed to this report.