'Welcome September Rain' Showers Bay Area; How Long Will It Last?

BAY AREA, CA — It's been a rainy 24-plus hours across the Bay Area and the wet stuff is likely to continue falling, the National Weather Service said Monday afternoon.

A rainstorm that arrived Sunday dumped the heaviest of rain overnight Sunday into Monday morning, with 2-3 inches falling in the mountainous areas of the region, NWS Meteorolgost Matt Mehle told Patch.

As of the mid-morning hours on Monday, some of the big winners in terms of rainfall were Ukiah with nearly 2 inches, Oroville with 1.31 inches and Santa Rosa, with 0.91 of an inch, according to AccuWeather.

Across the greater Bay Area, anywhere from 0.1 to 0.8 inches has fallen since Sunday with, San Francisco Downtown reporting 0.33 inches, Oakland Museum reporting 0.15, and San Jose reporting 0.52 inches, the weather service reported.

Nonetheless, everywhere in the Bay Area at least saw some beneficial rain, forecasters said.

The North Bay got a "good soaking," while the East Bay got a "good wetting rain," as weather officials put it on Twitter.

"It's a welcome sight for some September rain," Mehle said. "It is definitely going to give us a pause in the fire season, with fire season not being over yet."

So how much longer is the wet stuff expected to stick around?

"We are still holding onto scattered showers and thunderstorms possibly into Wednesday," Mehle said Monday afternoon. "It's a slow-moving storm."

There are no burn scars to be concerned about but there is the possibility of thunderstorms in the North Bay and parts of the East Bay which would bring heavier rain locally, Mehle said.

See rainfall totals by county here.