While Southern California is preparing for a reinvigorated heat wave, the unseasonable warmth will start to crack around the Bay Area this weekend, with temperatures cooling by 5 to 15 degrees.
Thursday will likely be the peak of the heat in our region and the last legitimate shot at San Francisco breaking its all-time March temperature record of 87 degrees. For the third consecutive day, temperatures will soar into the mid to upper 90s in the inland valleys of the East Bay and South Bay.
The records at risk Thursday are not close calls. San Jose is forecast at 92, 3 degrees above its March record of 89 set in 2015, according to the National Weather Service. San Rafael is expected to hit 92, topping a record from 1964. Livermore, Redwood City and Napa are all on track to break records dating back decades. Friday looks nearly identical to Thursday before the pattern shifts over the weekend.
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The break in the heat comes from what may seem an unlikely source: the heat itself…