The weather system that ravaged the Bay Area in early July is turning around and returning to the area with more heat, according to the National Weather Service.
A ridge of high pressure in the atmosphere located near the coast around July 4 pushed temperatures into triple digits in some inland areas for about two weeks.
The same system now swinging back out of the desert Southwest will bring high temperatures back to the region starting Wednesday and continuing into the middle of next week, said Weather Service meteorologist Dylan Flynn.
“Believe it or not, it's coming back,” Flynn said. “It will retrograde westward and back toward California and Nevada.”
The heatwave that gripped the Bay Area earlier this month is not expected, but temperatures will reach the 90s with lows in the 100s in parts of the interior East Bay, North Bay and South Bay, as well as the East Bay Area. A regional heat advisory is in effect for Thursday and Friday for parts of the county and Monterey County.
“Then, more or less, by the middle of next week, temperatures will be pretty steady and above normal,” Flynn said.
Temperatures are expected to drop slightly on Saturday, but real relief is expected around July 26, when a cold front moves through the region.
However, unlike earlier this month, the Bay Area will be spared the worst of the heat, with temperatures in the 70s and 80s expected in places like San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Oakland.
In addition to high temperatures, the “king tide cycle” is expected to produce minor coastal and bay flooding in low-lying areas, particularly in the North Bay and along the San Francisco Embarcadero.
