A fast-moving storm system is bringing widespread rain and a chance of thunderstorms to the Bay Area on Monday, with showers pushing south from the North Bay through the morning and intensifying by early afternoon.

The National Weather Service said in its daily forecast discussion that rainfall will increase in coverage and intensity through the afternoon and into the evening, combined with wind gusts of up to 35 mph in higher terrain, and up to 45 mph in the higher terrains of the Central Coast.

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Residents should expect a wetter and potentially hazardous evening commute that could include brief urban flooding, lightning, small hail, erratic winds, and the possibility of waterspouts near the coast, the Weather

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