The main front of a storm system that is expected to be the final one for at least a week powered through the Bay Area overnight early Thursday, bringing slow, steady rain that is expected to give way to scattered showers as the day progresses.

It’s primary impact more so even then the rain might be what it will do to the ocean waves, the National Weather Service said.

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“In the wake of this system and the one that preceded it earlier this week, the waves are really going to build up,” NWS meteorologist Brayden Murdock said. “We’re gonna have a good chance to see some 20-foot breakers, and a longer-period chance for sneaker waves.”

The weather service said a beach hazards statement will go into effect along the Pacific Coast beginning at 4 p.m. and will continue through

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