The Bay Area's week of stormy weather is nearly over. Here's when the skies should fully clear

"The end to a wild week of whipsawing weather across Northern California is at hand. Sunny skies, calmer winds and cooler temperatures are forecast to return to the Bay Area on Saturday and linger into early next week, offering a respite from a weeklong parade of storms that felled trees, flooded roadways and caused power outages affecting thousands of people."

"A few final rounds of rain and gusty conditions were expected throughout the day Friday, particularly around midday and into the early afternoon as a final band of storms sweep through the region. But in a word, the weather should be beautiful for the last several days of 2025, said Dylan Flynn, a National Weather Service meteorologist. The sun will be shining, the wind will be light it's going to be really nice, Flynn said."

"Several thousand people were without power Friday morning, the vast majority in the Santa Cruz Mountains, along with other parts of the Peninsula and in the South Bay, according to Pacific Gas & Electric's outage map. In all, the storms knocked out power to more than 777,000 people across PG&E's California network, and about 41,000 of those people remained in the dark late Friday morning, said Paul Moreno, a spokesman for the utility provider."

Sunny skies, calmer winds and cooler temperatures will return to the Bay Area starting Saturday and persist into early next week. The Sierra skies are expected to clear beginning Saturday, improving access over Interstate 80 and Highway 50 for skiers around Lake Tahoe. A final band of storms will bring rain and gusty conditions Friday, especially around midday and early afternoon. Overnight lows could dip into the 30s in parts of the Bay Area. The week's storms felled trees, flooded roadways and caused widespread power outages across PG&E's network. Reports included downed trees affecting Highway 152 and boats damaged in Santa Cruz.

Read at www.mercurynews.com