Temperatures will starting climbing in the Bay Area this week, perhaps even into the 80s, and winds that will breeze through the area won’t carry the force that they did last week, according to the National Weather Service.
That’s the good news.
The bad, as usual, is that the region will remain bone dry, and there’s nary a hint that any moisture is coming in the foreseeable future.
“Nope,” NWS forecaster Matt Mehle said when asked if any of the weather service’s long-term models show rain. “We were looking at stuff that could create a rain pattern mid-month, but as we’ve gotten closer to mid-month, those potential rain scenarios have all faded.”
The region has received less than an inch of rain since the start of the new year, among the driest Januarys on record. Nothing in the current weather pattern will change that, Mehle said.
According to the weather service, a dome of high pressure is continuing to build and could crank up temperatures into record-setting territory.
Climate scientist Daniel Swain on Twitter said the high-pressure ridge appears to be at record levels for the month, and Mehle said it now sits over the region.
“Basically, that large layer of high pressure that was off the coast is now centered overhead,” Mehle said. “That will be one of the major factors, along with offshore winds that will be coming from the north and northwest.”
In San Jose, temperatures may be in the 80s in San Jose and throughout the Santa Clara Valley. Mehle said there is a strong possibility that San Jose’s heat record for the days could fall on Wednesday and Thursday.
In the far East Bay interior valley, the temperatures are expected to get up into the mid-70s. Oakland and San Francisco are expected to creep into the low 70s.
“On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday is when the real warmth is going to arrive,” Mehle said.
The offshore winds will be warmer than they were last week, and they won’t be as powerful, according to the weather service. Mehle said the difference between the high pressure centered overhead and the low pressure creating the winds is not as stark a difference as last week, when the weather service issued a high-wind advisory.
“It’ll be breezy,” he said. “It’ll just be a lot lighter.”
Source: www.mercurynews.com