Moderate rainfall returned to Northern California early Friday morning as a new storm system came onshore ahead of another round of dangerous surf conditions.

San Francisco is expected to receive up to a half-inch of rain and experience wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour as a storm moves through the Bay Area on Tuesday. National Weather Service meteorologists said Monday that The City would see moderate rainfall and the potential for 30-mile-per-hour wind gusts when the storm arrives Tuesday.

The NWS warns of storms and high surf in the Bay Area during the holiday season, with up to 30-foot swells expected.

As widespread rainfall moves across the San Francisco Bay Area on Friday, the National Weather Service has issued a beach hazards statement and high surf advisory. Rain showers began in the North Bay early Friday morning before increasing coverage to the south by 6 a.