Moderate rainfall returned to Northern California early Friday morning as a new storm system came onshore ahead of another round of dangerous surf conditions.

As widespread rainfall moves across the San Francisco Bay Area on Friday, the National Weather Service has issued a beach hazards statement and high surf advisory. Rain showers began in the North Bay early Friday morning before increasing coverage to the south by 6 a.

Bay Area prepares for heavy rain and high surf as the NWS issues advisories for incoming atmospheric disturbances.

The Bay Area saw a rainy morning, which prompted some flood advisories, but a wind advisory does remain in effect.

Persistent rain and cloudy skies may finally come to an end in the San Francisco Bay Area, but a cold air mass is forecast to deliver plummeting temperatures.