The calendar reads mid-October, but the weather on Thursday will feel like summer, as a two-day heat wave kicks off in the Bay Area.
Temperatures are expected to reach the 80s in San Francisco and Oakland. Keller Beach in Richmond and Crown Beach in Alameda could draw beachgoers in the afternoon. Temperatures in the 80s should extend all the way to the shorelines of the bay and the Pacific Ocean.
A wind switch is behind the warmup. Winds will be blowing from the northeast rather than from the west or northwest. The warm and dry northeast winds are expected to weaken the marine layer and sea breeze that keep San Francisco and the bayshore cooler than the interior…