A mostly dry weekend will give way to more rain early next week, with most of the Bay Area set to receive about half an inch of rain by the end of Monday.
Several inches are expected to fall on the North Bay and South Bay mountains, the National Weather Service said.
The drying-out from this week’s storms which caused some flooding in the Central Coast and briefly led to evacuations in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties is expected to last until late Sunday.
“By Monday, there will be widespread light rainfall in most of the Bay Area,” said Weather Service meteorologist Roger Gass. “Maybe about half an inch. The mountains will get a little more.”
Bay Area high temperatures will be in the 50s and low 60s for the next several days, with lows in the 40s.
This week’s storms dropped 2.06 inches of rain on San Francisco, 1.58 inches on Oakland, 2.91 inches on San Jose, 2.70 inches on Redwood City, 2.02 inches on Richmond, 2.30 inches on Santa Rosa and 2.32 inches on Napa, Gass said.
In Monterey County, an evacuation warning was upgraded to an evacuation order for the Carmel River Lagoon and Mission Fields areas south of the downtown area.
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“Due to heavy rain, rapid rises are occurring on the Carmel River,” the Monterey County sheriff’s office said in a statement. “Water is backing up in the Carmel Lagoon near Carmel River State Beach. Flooding is already occurring.”
A large section of Highway 1 washed away late Thursday on the Big Sur coast at Rat Creek, south of Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park. Engineers were inspecting and did not immediately know how long repairs would take. The slipout occurred on a 45-mile stretch of the road between Big Sur and Ragged Point that had been closed to traffic because of fears of storm-related road damage.
In Santa Cruz county, evacuation warnings — downgraded on Thursday from evacuation orders — remained in effect in the Boulder Creek, Felton and Ben Lomond areas.
In the Sierra, Interestate 80 was closed briefly to westbound traffic over Donner Summit on Friday morning while workers cleared up spinouts. After it reopened, chains were required for travelers in both directions. Chains were also required for motorists on Highway 50 over Echo Summit. Highway 88 was closed over Carson Pass and Highway 89 was closed at Emerald Bay on the west side of Lake Tahoe, due to snow.
The Squaw Valley ski resort reported 4 feet of new snow and expected to operate 7 of its 24 lifts on Friday. The resort website sait “operations are limited and blizzard conditions exist.”
Steve Rubenstein is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: srubenstein@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @SteveRubeSF
January 30, 2021 at 01:00AM
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