Overview
- NWS told more than 3 million Bay Area residents to avoid windows and stay on lower levels during the peak winds.
- Coastal North Bay faces a high wind warning from 10 p.m. Tuesday to 4 p.m. Wednesday with isolated gusts up to 65 mph.
- Most of the Bay Area is under wind advisories with 35–50 mph gusts likely, with outages already topping 12,000 statewide Tuesday afternoon.
- Northern coastal counties are under a flood watch with localized rainfall up to 5 inches and a low-end threat of tornadoes or waterspouts near Humboldt and Del Norte.
- Travel and marine impacts include possible SFO delays, ferry disruptions, and hazardous seas, with rain reaching San Francisco around 4 a.m. and conditions easing by Wednesday evening.