The remnants of a tropical storm that brought steamy rain and a volatile atmosphere to the Bay Area last week are about history, according to the National Weather Service. Next up are two more rainy systems, these pair the more traditional kind.

“We’ve got low pressure from the Gulf of Alaska moving on down,” NWS meteorologist Brayden Murdock said Monday. “One will come through, and we’ll get rain. We’ll get a pause. Then we’ll get the second one. The main rain bands hit up close to the North Bay and then will spread across the Bay Area. . . . It’s a pretty typical winter set-up.”

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