Breezy winds are forecast to whip the Bay Area this weekend, with gusts possibly exceeding 40 mph in San Francisco. The turbulent weather will present different hazards in other parts of California, including scattered thunderstorms and mountain snow .
By May standards, the weekend system could be categorized as a storm , but it will lack a subtropical moisture fetch that makes potent winter rainmakers. A similar system swept across the Golden State last weekend .
- Live storm map : See where rain is hitting California and Bay Area
Increasing cirrus clouds and other icy high-level clouds will mark the changing pattern Friday afternoon as a cold front approaches Northern California. Thunderstorms are predicted to pop along the Sierra Nevada crest and could push toward Lake Tahoe in the evening.
A few light rain showers are possible Friday night in the Bay Area, but most areas will stay dry…