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Dry northerly winds will usher in clear, warm weather to the Bay Area with low relative humidity Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n
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Windy weather Thursday will kick off a warming trend that will eventually push temperatures back into the 70s across the Bay Area \u2014 even in San Francisco \u2014 as soon as Friday.<\/p>\n
A rainmaker that slammed the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday clipped far Northern California on Wednesday, but didn\u2019t get close to bringing the Bay Area anything more than increased cloud cover<\/a>. As the system moves into Nevada on Thursday, it\u2019ll leave the Bay Area on the dry, windy side.<\/p>\n Northerly winds will bring gusts up to 45 mph to the region’s highest peaks Thursday and Friday morning, with occasional gusts as strong as 35 mph in the valleys. These are a version of Diablo winds<\/a> that tend to cause temperatures to climb in the Bay Area. Air flowing down mountain slopes dries and warms as it approaches valley and coastal regions.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n High temperatures Friday are forecast to be in the low to mid-70s across the Bay Area, except at the Pacific Coast where temperatures will remain in the 60s.<\/p>\n Baron\/Lynx<\/p>\n Offshore winds last month whipped up high levels of pollen<\/a>, and a repeat is possible this week, though concentrations should remain more moderate than in March.<\/p>\n Highs on Thursday will be in the mid-60s to low 70s, even in San Francisco and Oakland. Temperatures are forecast to reach the mid-70s Friday and Saturday in Santa Rosa, Walnut Creek, San Jose and other inland cities in the North Bay, East Bay and South Bay. Overnight lows will be in the 40s in most places.<\/p>\n Wind gusts of 15 to 25 mph are expected in most of the Bay Area on Thursday afternoon but speeds in Solano County and Livermore Valley could exceed 30 mph.<\/p>\n Baron\/Lynx<\/p>\n Thursday and Friday will probably be the Bay Area\u2019s clearest days in two weeks, with hardly any clouds in the sky. By Friday, precipitable water \u2014 a measure of how much moisture is in the air \u2014 is predicted to be near record low, a sign that the atmosphere is extraordinarily dry. Relative humidity will be highest around 30,000 feet, where\u00a0aircraft\u00a0tend to travel, a recipe for long-lived contrails<\/a>. Stargazing will be aided by the dry air and new moon phase<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Relative humidity on Thursday is forecast to fall as low as 30% in San Francisco and as low as 10% in the inland valleys.<\/p>\n Baron\/Lynx<\/p>\n Clouds may increase Saturday ahead of a rainmaker that will probably arrive late Sunday or Monday. It\u2019s still unclear exactly when precipitation will begin, and how much will fall, but wet weather looks increasingly likely Sunday afternoon through at least Tuesday.<\/p>\n Thursday breakdown<\/p>\n San Francisco: Clear skies will result in a warmer day, albeit a windy one. Northerly gusts of 10 to 20 mph are expected all day, strongest at the Embarcadero and elsewhere along the bay shoreline. Highs will be in the mid- to upper 60s, a few degrees above mid-April norms. Overnight lows will be in the low 50s, with continued northerly breezes.<\/p>\n San Francisco Chronicle Logo<\/p>\n Make us a Preferred Source to get more of our news when you search.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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