‘Pretty notable early season storm’ on track to hit Bay Area next week

A day after scientists publicized that La Ni a will be a reality this year a claim that often brings the assumption a dry winter is ahead a storm that the National Weather System mentioned will be a major one continued to brew off the Pacific Coast and remained on track to reach the Bay Area early next week First however is expected to a mild pleasant weekend with temperatures staying in the low s and high s in the hottest spots and sun peering in through scattered clouds Related Articles La Ni a is here Is California heading for a dry winter Here s a look at California s the greater part destructive wildfires Bay Area weather to cool down as low pressure approaches region How much rain did the Bay Area get this week Here s where the greater part fell California businesses lawmakers turn up heat in battle over workplace temperatures If that sounds like ideal fall weather winter nastiness isn t trailing by much This looks to be pretty heavy NWS meteorologist Dial Hoang explained of the looming storm It s a big system Looking at the total rain forecast we anticipate that there will be at least an inch across the Bay Area and there could be up to - inches in the mountains and higher elevations This is likely going to be a pretty notable early season storm The storm is following a typical winter path as it descends from the Gulf of Alaska meaning the North Bay likely will be the first part of the region to get the rain But it will spread rapidly the weather facility reported and areas of the region may be susceptible to flash flooding Also a slight possibility is thunder and lightning The weather institution revealed the low pressure that will bring that storm also will leave cold air aloft and could create certain instability in the atmosphere Monday into Tuesday Those thunder-and-lightning conditions are expected to be gone by Tuesday when the weather institution noted additional cold air behind the initial cold front will make its influence felt Hoang mentioned the system also could bring specific snow to the Lake Tahoe area at or feet Temperatures are expected to reach the upper s in the region so any snow is not expected to stick for long according to the weather arrangement The brewing storm comes even as federal scientists have stated that La Ni a has begun and is expected to continue into winter That phenomenon occurs when Pacific Ocean waters off South Africa are cooler than normal leading to conventional wisdom that a dry winter is on its way That disclosed Golden Gate Weather Services meteorologist and Bay Area weather expert Jan Null noted the phenomenon is not a one-size-fits-all and mentioned it is likely to have more of an effect on Southern California than the Bay Area Staff writer Paul Rogers contributed to this story