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A storm system Tuesday brings much needed rainfall in the region. (Photo file)
A storm system Tuesday brings much needed rainfall in the region. (Photo file)
Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle
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Click to read what we say and do it every time it rains in the Bay Area …
Click to read what we say and do it every time it rains in the Bay Area …
Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle
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Explain to friends who are not in a state that he "had the habit of raining like that all the time".
Explain to friends who are not in a state that he "had the habit of raining like that all the time".
Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle
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The fight to find a useful umbrella and a rain coat. Wait, do you even have an umbrella? It has to be in the other closet somewhere …
The fight to find a useful umbrella and a rain coat. Wait, do you even have an umbrella? It has to be in the other closet somewhere …
Photo: John Davenport, San Antonio Express-News
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Ask: "Is it finally El Niño ???"
Ask: "Is it finally El Niño ???"
Photo: Lara Cerri, The Chronicle
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Watch your neighbors carefully to make sure no one is watering their lawn for 48 hours.
Watch your neighbors carefully to make sure no one is watering their lawn for 48 hours.
Photo: Rich Pedroncelli, Associated Press
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Post with joy at least one #rain photo on social media.
Post with joy at least one #rain photo on social media.
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Remember again how BART becomes a wet marsh when broken air conditioning combines with wet clothes.
Remember again how BART becomes a wet marsh when broken air conditioning combines with wet clothes.
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Make a sarcastic comment about the ruined infrastructure of California.
Make a sarcastic comment about the ruined infrastructure of California.
Photo: Jessica Christian, The Chronicle
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I wonder if you were supposed to do something before the storm … What exactly is weather protection?
I wonder if you were supposed to do something before the storm … What exactly is weather protection?
Photo: Sarah Rice, Chronic Special
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Take over the local REI and buy all the rain boots.
Take over the local REI and buy all the rain boots.
Photo: Suzi Pratt, Getty Images for REI
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Decide to leave work two hours in advance to jump into the traffic at home.
Decide to leave work two hours in advance to jump into the traffic at home.
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Comfort young children and pets who have never seen rain before or heard thunder before.
Comfort young children and pets who have never seen rain before or heard thunder before.
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Tell yourself that everyone is a terrible driver in the rain while contributing to the problem because, let's be honest, Californians really do not drive in case of precipitation.
Tell yourself that everyone is a terrible driver in the rain while contributing to the problem because, let's be honest, Californians really do not drive in case of precipitation.
Photo: Justin Sullivan, photo file
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Check the snow levels in the Sierra and start planning your next ski trip.
Check the snow levels in the Sierra and start planning your next ski trip.
Photo: George Rose, Getty Images
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Say something happy about the end of the drought, then start complaining about the torrential rain five minutes later.
Say something happy about the end of the drought, then start complaining about the torrential rain five minutes later.
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Dreamily look out the window or pass through a puddle of water like a child, because the rain looks like such a wonderful little miracle.
Dreamily look out the window or pass through a puddle of water like a child, because the rain looks like such a wonderful little miracle.
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A storm system Tuesday brings much needed rainfall in the region. (Photo file)
A storm system Tuesday brings much needed rainfall in the region. (Photo file)
Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle
The first rain of the rainy season pours an inch into parts of the Bay Area
The first storm of the rainy season, Tuesday, dumped nearly an inch of rain over parts of the Bay Area, making the roads particularly slippery for commuters in the morning.
Parts of North Bay – Petaluma, Santa Rosa and Sevastopol – have been sprayed with almost an inch of rain, according to the National Weather Service.
San Francisco had received nearly a tenth of an inch around 7 am, but the storm's main "rush band" had not yet arrived in the city, said Drew Peterson, a weather forecaster at the National Weather Service.
By 9 am, the showers are expected to strengthen in the city, he added.
This is the first measurable rainfall in San Francisco since June 9, when 0.01 inch was reported.
East Bay and South Bay did not suffer much from the last storm.
Tuesday's rush is expected to last until Wednesday, said Peterson, but the showers "are going to be really very uneven."
"In most places, a few extra hundredths will be collected," he said. "Most areas will not be affected by these showers."
Temperatures throughout the Bay Area will remain mild before a warming trend this weekend.
Tuesday, San Francisco is expected to reach 68 degrees, Oakland, 73 degrees and San Jose, 78 degrees.
Similar temperatures will continue throughout the week, to a few degrees, said Peterson.
Friday night's night temperatures in San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose will drop in the mid-50s.
Temperatures for Petaluma and Santa Rosa will remain in the 70s for most of the week before reaching the 80s on Saturday and Sunday.
Forecasters warned that the storm was the first of the season. The engine oil accumulated on the roads can make driving more dangerous due to the presence of slippery slicks. Morning passengers should slow down and use the headlights whenever their windshield wipers are turned on, Peterson said.
"It's the very beginning of the rainy season," he said. "It is not usual to see these systems weaker and weaker during the first rainfall."
Sarah Ravani is a writer at the San Francisco Chronicle. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @SarRavani
