Rain returns to the Monterey Bay Area on Friday as a frontal system moves through. The weak warm front will arrive first just after dawn with some light, drizzly rain around the bay, followed by the cold front around lunchtime. Cold frontal rains will remain light to moderate at best but may also be accompanied by gusty winds. Cold air pours into the region behind the front, making for a chilly start to the weekend.
AIR QUALITY: Good to Moderate
Friday: Mostly cloudy on the coast with light to briefly moderate rain at times from the morning into the early afternoon. Inland areas will remain partly to mostly cloudy with isolated showers. Southerly winds will pick up on the coast and in the valleys becoming somewhat gusty around lunchtime, then switching to the northwest with frontal passage. Expect highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. Some areas of Santa Cruz County won’t make it out of the mid-50s. Rain ends from northwest to southeast across the area during the afternoon. There is still a slight chance of a light shower behind the front into the evening…