The Bay Area's summer has been unusually mild, with a cold breeze and heavy clouds dominating the weather. Morning drizzle accompanied coastal fog, making the atmosphere feel more like late autumn or early spring than July. National Weather Service forecasts predict continued mild conditions, challenging typical summer expectations. Temperatures in the region are expected to peak at 82 degrees, allowing residents to enjoy pleasant outdoor activities. Meteorologist Jan Null explains that the current weather pattern is due to global circulation changes affecting high and low-pressure ridges, resulting in a prolonged period of balanced and moderate weather.
A cold breeze that blew about 15 mph hit the Bay Area coastline Monday, then carried through the hills into the East Bay and on down to the South Bay. Heavy clouds covered much of the region in gray. Morning drizzle that bordered on rain accompanied the coastal fog as it swept through at sunrise. It all seemed better like weather suited for early to mid-March, or perhaps the later part of November.
Save for a handful of brief two- and three-day heat-ups, the Bay Area summer has been mild and marked more by cool, cloudy weather than the very-warm-and-clear forecast so many have gotten used to in recent years.
The highest temperature expected in the region this week is 82 degrees in Brentwood. I feel it's just been like perfect, perfect weather, not too hot, not too cold.
The moderate weather has been caused by global circulation, weather expert Jan Null said, adding that the high-pressure ridges that take hot air north and the lower-pressure troughs that move cold air south have become positioned at different latitude and longitude points on the globe.
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