The Bay Area stayed on the cool side Wednesday, with highs expected to remain in the 60s to low 70s as most neighborhoods held under mostly sunny skies and only a few inland spots could see a pop-up shower. Sunrise in San Francisco came at 5:52 a.m., and sunset was set for 8:23 p.m., giving the region another long spring day even as the air kept its mild edge.
The weather matters because the stretch is not a one-day break in the pattern but part of a cooler-weather trend that has lingered across the region. Light rain was expected to move through much of the Bay Area until midmorning Thursday, while the National Weather Service said the bigger impact would be in the Sierra Nevada, where rain and snow were forecast into Friday morning. A couple of inches of snowfall were expected there, enough to make roads slick but not enough to close them.
By Thursday, the rain was expected to ease out of the Bay Area, and forecasters said temperatures would rise once it moved on. Mild weather was expected to continue through Saturday, then climb quickly next week. The weather service said some Bay Area spots could reach the 80s over the weekend, a sharp turn after several days that stayed locked in the 60s and low 70s.
That swing is the part commuters, hikers and anyone making weekend plans should watch. A brief wet spell is likely to pass through before the region warms fast, while the Sierra keeps dealing with the more disruptive side of the system: slick mountain roads and a longer window of rain and snow that lasts into Friday morning. The pattern leaves the Bay Area dry again after the rain, then nudges it toward a warmer run that could feel more like the start of summer than a cool spring week.
For now, the answer to the day’s weather question is simple: the Bay Area gets a little rain, the mountains take the hit, and the region turns warmer fast enough to put the 80s within reach by the weekend. The next notable marker is 2028, when the next calendar blue moon is expected to arrive again.
