… National Weather Service forecasters expect a cold front to move over the region, bringing cooler temperatures and rain across the Bay Area, with potential snow in the Sierra Nevada. By Wednesday, temperatures will drop to normal springtime averages. Temperatures along the coast will be in the 60s and 70s inland, said Rachel Kennedy, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office. … The cold storm building from the Gulf of Alaska could also deliver about a quarter inch of rain in low-lying areas and up to three-quarters of an inch at higher elevations on Thursday and Friday. … The frigid storm may add much-needed snow to the state’s meager snowpack, sitting at 18% of normal for this time of year.

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