Memorial Day weekend is often treated as the unofficial start to summer. The Bay Area’s weather has not exactly followed that script.
Clouds, cool Pacific air and pockets of drizzle will keep Monday feeling more like late spring than early summer across much of the coast, bay shoreline and nearby valleys. Highs will mostly stay in the 50s and 60s near the water, with 70s limited to the warmer inland valleys. Tuesday looks even cooler, with more widespread drizzle, highs mostly in the 60s to near 70, and gusty northwest winds making it feel even chillier.
Pacific air takes over
The ocean influence has been increasing across the Bay Area as the holiday weekend progressed.
A steady onshore wind pushed thicker cloud cover inland Sunday morning and helped keep temperatures cooler through the afternoon. Small eddies spinning near the coast also helped make the pattern a little erratic, turning winds in odd directions at times and nudging clouds into some neighborhoods while others briefly cleared…