Overview
- Steady rain with pockets of heavy downpours and isolated thunderstorms is crossing Southern California and the Central Coast, with showers expanding across the Bay Area.
- San Diego saw rain intensify around midnight, and totals through Friday are generally forecast near a half‑inch to an inch along the coast with higher amounts in the mountains.
- Wind advisories call for gusts in the 40–50 mph range in coastal and higher‑terrain zones as a stronger pulse develops, raising the risk of downed trees and hazardous travel.
- Low‑lying areas around the Bay Area and Monterey Bay remain under a Coastal Flood Advisory through Sunday due to king tides interacting with the storm pattern.
- San Diego has activated storm preparations by monitoring more than 46,000 drains, offering limited sandbags at 11 recreation centers, and opening inclement‑weather shelter capacity, while forecasters track additional pulses and significant Sierra snowfall of up to 3–4 feet through Tuesday.