Though overnight sprinkles may kick off weekend, Bay Area will heat up for October’s first full week

Highs of more than 90 degrees were predicted for parts of the Bay Area next week

While other parts of the country were dealing with treacherous downpours and a wet first week of autumn, the Bay Area was expecting a slightly stormy, but brief, dose of rain late Friday before a predicted rise in temperature begins next week.

According to the National Weather Service, most of the Bay Area, from the Golden Gate Bridge to Big Sur, was set for some precipitation late Friday into early Saturday morning, despite projections of no more than one-tenth of an inch in virtually all of the region.

“Most people will have to deal with rain,” said NWS meteorologist Dalton Behringer. “Particularly the Santa Cruz mountains.”

The showers, which were expected to arrive between 11 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday, were not expected to total more than a tenth of an inch in any of the Bay Area’s major population centers, including San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco, and Walnut Creek. Even so, the rain was expected to be heavier closer to the coast and in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

However, in true Northern California fashion, as October approached, temperatures began to rise. Following a dreary Saturday with highs no higher than 71 degrees in Contra Costa County and 68 in the rest of the Bay Area, steadily rising highs were expected to reach the 90s by Wednesday.

“The middle of next week will be above average,” predicted Behringer. “Really looks to be about Wednesday to Friday for the peak of (the high pressure system).”

Forecasts were most favorable in the East Bay’s inland areas, with a high of 92 expected in Concord on Thursday. Highs in San Jose were expected to reach 88 degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday and 90 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday. On Thursday, the forecast called for a high of 82 degrees in San Francisco.

But when will the beginning of fall feel like… fall? Despite the hot week ahead, temperatures may still drop well before Halloween, though forecasts are subject to change.

“In the foreseeable confident forecast (we could see more rain),” Behringer stated. “It does look like when we get to the middle of the month or so, we may see more of a progressive pattern when it comes to storms.”