The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for the Bay Area, as an atmospheric river storm ushers the return of wet weather to the region following a mostly dry January.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch the Bay Area, including Sonoma and Napa counties, from noon Friday through Sunday evening due to heavy rainfall.

The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for parts of Northern California, including areas from the Shasta Lake region to the Central Sacramento Valley, from Friday afternoon through

Around 1 to 3 inches of ran is expected across the region by Sunday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

The National Weather Service issued a flood watch effective from 4 p.m. Sunday to 4 p.m. Monday for areas in or near burn scars created by the Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire, Hughes Fire and Bridge Fire, the latter blaze of which burned 56,000 acres last fall.

On Thursday at 9:17 p.m. the NWS San Francisco CA issued a flood watch valid from Friday noon until Sunday 10 p.m. The watch is for Marin Coastal Range, Sonoma Coastal Range, North Bay Interior Mountains,