People across the Bay Area will see a cold start Monday as the National Weather Service issues freeze warnings and freeze warnings for the interior, central coast and Santa Cruz Mountains.
A freeze warning means that nuclear-weapon states can expect minimum temperatures of 32 to 35 degrees, while a freeze warning means minimum temperatures of less than 32 degrees can be expected.
She added that both conditions are dangerous for people without shelter, and advised on social media, “Protect people, pets, plants and pipes from the cold!”
These alerts will be in effect from midnight until 10 a.m. Monday.
Temperatures will be in the low to mid-30s with noticeable cold in some places in the morning hours, while later in the day it will be mostly sunny across the region. High temperatures are expected to reach the low to mid 50s, and there will be winds of up to 20 mph along the coast.
Sunday night and early Monday, skies will remain clear and temperatures are expected to be in the mid 30s but not quite as cold as the previous overnight hours with light winds.
Highs later Monday are expected to be in the low to mid 50s like Sunday and the weather is expected to be mostly sunny with light winds gusting to 10 mph.
Rain is expected to return Tuesday and Wednesday as a pair of cold weather systems swing through the Bay Area. Rain totals look fairly low overall, ranging from 0.10 to 0.75 inches, but the Sierra Nevada should see an increase in snowpack.
Monday morning we will likely see another 20s and 30s for the inland wind sheltered valleys with a frost warning active until 10am. Rob Mayeda has a local climate forecast.
