Beware the Ides of March, which falls on Sunday this year. Bay Area residents will be betrayed by winter in its final days, as temperatures will soar to record highs by the end of the weekend. We’re skipping spring entirely and heading right into summer.
Friday and Saturday will be moderately hot, but the real heat wave arrives on Sunday, when temperatures will climb into the upper 80s to low 90s across the interior, challenging some daily records. Even San Francisco and bayside communities will see temperatures spike into the upper 70s and low 80s.
The early-season heat wave is likely to intensify Monday and Tuesday as a strengthening ridge of high pressure expands across California. Temperatures will rise even higher above normal across the region, with additional record highs possible before the pattern begins to ease later in the week…