TIMELINE: Here's when showers, strong winds, and dangerous waves arrive in Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Rain is returning to the Bay Area for the last week of the year. Showers will cross the region Wednesday. This is a level 1 storm on the ABC7 Exclusive Storm Impact Scale.

Slick travel is the biggest impact before dangerous and deadly waves arrive along our coast Thursday morning.

LIVE RADAR: Track storms as they move through the Bay Area with Live Doppler 7

SHOWERS

• Our cold front is currently moving onshore around Eureka, Ca.


• 8 a.m. - noon: showers arrive first in the North Bay


• Noon - 6 p.m.: showers spread south across the rest of the Bay Area


• 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.: showers begin to wrap up and push east

WIND

• Advisory in effect along the Marin/Sonoma coast until 4 p.m. for gusts up to 50 mph

SURF

• Dangerous surf arrives around sunrise Thursday morning


• Waves could be as high as 30 feet


• High Surf Warning in effect along the entire coastline.

More rain is expected Friday into Saturday. New Year's Eve is looking dry at the moment.

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