The weather in the Bay Area couldn’t be more different this weekend compared to just a week ago. Last Saturday, the entire area was under a heat advisory and temperatures reached the 90s in San Francisco and 100 degrees in Livermore.
This Saturday, San Francisco will be lucky to reach a high of 60 degrees, and strong winds will make the temperature even cooler, while jeopardizing the prospects of a sold-out Blue Angels show.
If you’re in town or anywhere around the bay on Saturday, it’s the wind you’ll probably notice the most.
A frontal system has moved in before dawn, and behind it the winds will be quite strong. Northwest winds will be strong all day, with gusts up to 45 mph in some of the favorable gaps in San Francisco, the Peninsula and inland valleys.
After a gloomy start to the day with possible some morning drizzle in places, the sun should appear for most of the day on Saturday.
After low clouds interrupted Friday’s air show, it’s the wind that will be problematic Saturday. Surface winds are expected to be sustained between 20 and 25 mph with higher gusts across the bay Saturday afternoon. Strong winds can make some of the Blue Angel’s impressive maneuvers and tricks more difficult or even dangerous. A limited show is the most likely outcome.
Sunday might prove to be the best chance to see a sold-out show. Clouds should not be a problem and winds will be much lighter. It will be another cool day, however, with San Francisco and Oakland peaking in the 60s, while some inland areas that spent the week in the 90s may not eclipse 70 degrees.
It’s all part of a massive weather reset underway across the state.
Tropical Storm Rachel will bring heavy rain, gusty winds and extreme coastal flooding to much of Southern California Saturday through Sunday. Tropical humidity will spread across the inland desert on Sunday, causing heavy rain and even a few thunderstorms. Furnace Creek in Death Valley could see more than a half-inch of rain by the end of the weekend, a typical annual total. Moisture will spread to the Sierra, where the first snowfall of the season is expected at high elevations by Monday morning.
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