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

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.

Rain will be widespread around the Bay Area on Friday as the coastline is hit with pounding surf. The National Weather Service issued a Beach Hazards Statement, and further warns of "dangerous, potentially life-threatening surf.

Persistent rain and cloudy skies may finally come to an end in the San Francisco Bay Area, but a cold air mass is forecast to deliver plummeting temperatures.