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Parts of Bay Area get nearly 7 inches of rain in 72 hours

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Parts of Bay Area get nearly 7 inches of rain in 72 hours

By Evan Sernoffsky

Updated 8:07 am, Monday, March 7, 2016

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The Bordi family and their two dogs get lead past downed power lines and a broken power pole blocking Via Roble in Lafayette, California, on Sunday, March 6, 2016.

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A road in Pescadero was closed by runoff from the latest storm.

Punishing weekend rains that brought down scores of trees and knocked out power to thousands around the Bay Area turned to scattered showers for the Monday morning commute, but forecasters warn of more storms on the way.
By the afternoon, rain and isolated thunderstorms will taper off and things will dry out. Another round of rain, though, is on track to hit the region in the second half of the week, forecasters said.

More than an inch of rain fell overnight at San Francisco International Airport in the second of back-to-back downpours that drenched the entire region.
Downtown San Francisco ended up with 2.37 inches of weekend rainfall, and across the bay in Orinda, 6.26 inches came down during the same period, according to the National Weather Service.
In Fremont, roughly 4 inches fell and parts of Marin got nearly 7 inches of rain over the weekend.
The rain-fall winner, though, was in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties were some spots got more than 10 inches over the 72-hour period.

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Roadways around the region flooded and falling debris made for dangerous driving conditions late Sunday. Down trees blocked Highway 92 in both directions in Half Moon Bay around midnight. That debris was cleared early Monday.
The California Highway Patrol reported flooding on roadways in San Francisco, Oakland, Marin, San Jose, and Redwood City with some areas under more than a foot of water during the beginning of the morning commute.
The CHP issued a wind advisory for the Bay Bridge where gusts were whipping at 50 mph.
Sunday’s storm was slightly weaker than a soaking system that socked the Bay Area on Saturday night.
That system knocked out power to thousands of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers and crews scrambled throughout the weekend to restore power. Power was back on Monday to the more than 50,000 people affected by the weekend outages as skies began to clear around the area.
Things will dry out through the middle of the week until showers return on Thursday, said Diana Henderson, a weather service forecaster. Then Saturday will be dry before more rain comes on Sunday.
Out on the coast, a high surf advisory was in effect and waves could get as high as 19 feet, according to weather service.
Anyone visiting the beach was warned to stay back from the water.
Evan Sernoffsky is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: esernoffsky@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @EvanSernoffsky