Another rainy week on tap, with chance of rush-hour showers Tuesday

National Weather Service meteorologists predict another wet week for Bay Area residents.

SAN JOSE — A series of storms moving in the Bay Area on Sunday and intensifying Monday could slow morning commuters on Tuesday, as meteorologists forecast a week with intermittent showers.

Chilly temperatures Sunday morning will give way to highs in the mid-50s with increasing clouds leading to a slight chance of light rain by night, the National Weather Service reported.

Meteorologist Matt Mehle said the best chance for scattered showers Sunday would be across the North Bay, with a few showers moving down into Santa Clara Valley at night.

Sunday’s system, Mehle said, is rather weak and would likely bring a low chance of light rain for the area. But he added that the storm system shaping up for Monday night into Tuesday will be stronger than Sunday’s.

Mehle said rain should develop Monday afternoon in the North Bay and move southward Monday night into Tuesday morning, just in time for rush hour.

By Wednesday, an even stronger storm system with the potential to shower the entire Bay Area is likely to arrive, which could also lead to a sprinkling of snow at the higher elevations of the East Bay hills, the Santa Cruz Mountains, and the mountains above Big Sur. That rain could continue into Thursday.

Most of the area will remain on the cooler side this week, with daytime highs in the mid-50s and lows in the mid- to low 40s through Friday.

Despite rain through at least the middle of the week, Mehle said there doesn’t seem to be an atmospheric river — a relatively long, narrow stream of tropical water vapor — that usually brings with it fears of hazardous flooding and mudslides.

“This will all be beneficial rain,” he said.