The National Weather Service forecasts heavy rain and winds in the Bay Area, with possible urban flooding and landslides.

The National Weather Service forecast for the greater San Francisco Bay Area for Tuesday calls mostly sunny skies during the day, with chances of rain arriving at night. Daytime highs will be mostly in the low to mid 60s on the coast, low to high 60s around the bay, and mid to high 60s inland. Overnight lows will be in the high 40s to low 50s.

A storm rolling in from the Gulf of Alaska will bring rain to the Bay and maybe even some snow to portions of California.

Light rain is predicted to hit the Bay Area late Tuesday, followed by possible heavy rain, strong gusty winds and high surf Wednesday through Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. The current estimate calls for rainfall totals from late Tuesday to Thursday afternoon of one to two inches throughout the region and up to

The Wednesday rain event in the Bay Area is a weak atmospheric river, according to the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at UC San Diego. It is forecast to be a 1 on a scale of 1 to 5. The biggest impact of the incoming storm systems may be on the Sierra Nevada.

Bay Area weather experts and politicians are sounding the alarm and said cuts to the NWS and NOAA from DOGE are a disservice to the community.

National Weather Service meteorologists said that The City could receive up to two inches of rain from Tuesday through the end of the upcoming week. The precipitation could lead to standing water on some roadways and minor flooding in areas surrounding low-lying creeks and streams.

The Bay Area is being hit with back-to-back days of rain before things clear up by the weekend, and another chance of rain arriving on Sunday.

Forecasters expect 1 to 2 inches through the weekend in most areas of the region, with 4 inches or more in the North Bay hills.