Cool, cloudy Friday with chances of rain into weekend

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Friday is cloudy and cool, with chances of rain this evening into Saturday. Dry conditions and a warming trend begin after rain chances fade early on Sunday.

Cool and cloudy conditions are the story of the day as low pressure deepens and approaches the state. Short-lived patches of clearing are possible during the afternoon. In the Bay Area, rain totals will be very light, up to a tenth of an inch at most, with many areas at hundredths of an inch of rain, if any at all, from the system.

Snow is possible on the peaks of the Diablo Range. There is a 50% chance of at least 2 inches of snow on the mountaintops.

High temperatures for Friday and Saturday will reach the mid-50s to low 60s in lower elevations, and the mid-40s to the low 50s in the higher elevations. Breezy onshore winds will be developing Friday afternoon before a lull tonight into Saturday.

Sunday remains cool, but a drying and warming trend returns to the Bay Area as high pressure returns to the western United States. Next week, high temperatures reach the upper 70s to the lower 80s in the inland valleys, the upper 60s to middle 70s along the San Francisco Bay, and the upper 50s to the middle 60s near the Pacific coast. Temperatures are likely to remain above seasonal averages into the first week of May.

Sunrise in San Francisco is at 6:20 a.m. Sunset is at 7:54 p.m.