Along with the heat wave that’s expected Monday, Tropical Storm Mario, which briefly died then came back to life, could hit the Bay Area late Wednesday and into Thursday. The storm might produce some dry thunderstorms and a small amount of rain that’s unlikely to hit the ground.
As SFist reported, San Francisco and the rest of the Bay Area are expecting 80–90 degree temperatures this week. Such high temps occur just a handful of days a year in SF when the weather patterns briefly flip-flop, and the city’s daily ocean breeze is suppressed, the marine layer is compressed, and the direction of the wind is reversed, flowing offshore from the East Bay.
As SFGate reports, there’s a 15% chance that Tropical Storm Mario, which the Chronicle says is currently “steering a plume of moisture toward California,” will be adding more theatrics to the mix later in the week in the form of dry thunderstorms…