Bay Area set for another soaking this week

Yet more rain is expected to keep the Bay Area damp this week, with the first in a new wave of modest storms arriving during Sunday’s Super Bowl.

Steady rain is expected at intervals through Friday, boosting the precipitation figures for a season in which rainfall already is well ahead of average.

In the days ahead, chances are slim that the succession of storms will have the destructive power — such as flooding along the Russian River — that January’s weather packed.

“It’s going to be rainy, and there will be some nasty commutes, but there probably won’t be enough rain to cause road closures,” said Bob Benjamin, another forecaster with the weather service.

The winds, though, will pick up at times, threatening trees, branches and any power lines that may fall victim to crashing limbs.

Gusty winds will create white-out conditions at times on mountain passes, with the most severe impacts expected overnight Sunday and again overnight Monday, forecasters said.