HOUSE WERE UNSCATHED. >>> LET'S CHECK IN WITH FIRST ALERT CHIEF METEOROLOGIST PAUL HEGGEN. THAT WIND WAS REALLY GUSTING AND BLOWING UP AND DOWN THE BAY AREA, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT'S GOING TO TAPER DOWN A BIT. >> YEAH. THE WINDS HAVE STARTED TO DIE DOWN ALREADY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. PAST SUNSET THE WIND WON'T BE A FACTOR AT ALL. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A FACTOR AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. THE DIFFERENCE IN THE AMOUNT OF AIR TO OUR NORTH AND TO OUR SOUTHEAST IS BEGINNING TO NARROW AND THAT MEANS IT'S NOT AS STRONG OF PRESSURE GRADIENT, THE DIFFERENCE IN THE AMOUNT OF ATMOSPHERE PLACE TO PLAY AND THE WINDS WON'T BE AS STRONG. FUTURECAST SHOWS CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT. A LITTLE BIT OF MARINE INFLUENCE IS RETURNING THE LOW CLOUDS TO THE COAST AND SOME FOG WILL MAKE AN INTRUSION INTO THE INLAND VALLEYS SUNDAY MORNING AND MONDAY MORNING, BUT EACH DAY IT WILL BACK UP OUT OF THE VALLEYS AND WE SHOULD SEE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. WE'LL BE AT PRETTY MUCH FULL CAPACITY FOR SOLAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, OVER THE WEEKEND TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE SCALE MAKING THE MOST OF THE 12 HOURS OF DAYLIGHT AS WE APPROACH THE SPRING EQUINOX TUESDAY. SEEING PLENTY OF SUNSHINE FROM SALESFORCE TOWER, CLEAR SKIES OVERHEAD, CLEAR VIEW OF MOUNT DIABLO, LOW TO MID-70s FOR EVERYONE, TEMPERATURES RUNNING A GOOD 10 TO 12 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE FOR MOST OF THE BAY AREA TODAY. WE WON'T BE QUITE THIS WARM TOMORROW, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER UNSEASONABLY MILD DAY AFTER A PRETTY CLOSE TO NORMAL START TOMORROW MORNING, TEMPERATURES MOSTLY MID- TO UPPER 40s, SOME OF THE WARMEST SPOTS AROUND 50 DEGREES TO BEGIN THE DAY SATURDAY, EVERYBODY WITHIN ABOUT 3 DEGREES OF AVERAGE FOR MID-MARCH. TOMORROW'S FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE BACK UP TO 75 DEGREES IN SAN JOSE, THE WARM SPOT ACROSS THE REGION, ONLY 71 FOR LOS GATOS AND MORGAN HILL. TEMPERATURES INLAND IN THE EAST BAY REACHING THE LOW 70s, 70 DEGREES DOWN THE PENINSULA IN REDWOOD CITY. THE BIG DROP IS ALONG THE COAST. THE MARINE INFLUENCE DROPS YOU FROM THE LOW 70s IN HALF MOON BAY TODAY TO THE LOW 60s TOMORROW. SAN FRANCISCO RETREATS TO THE UPPER 60s AND TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTH BAY REACHING UP TO OR JUST ABOVE 70 DEGREES TOMORROW AFTERNOON. INLAND PARTS OF THE BAY AREA HOLD ONTO THE WARMTH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THIS IS THE TEN-DAY TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK FOR SAN JOSE. THERE'S UPS AND DOWNS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, BUT WE STAY IN THE LOWER HALF OF THE 70s MOST OF THE NEXT SIX DAYS AND THEN WE DROP OFF. THAT DROP IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN THAT WILL SEND THE NEXT RAIN CHANCE IN THE BAY AREA. THE SIX TO TEN-DAY OUTLOOK SHOWS A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE OF WETTER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS AND THE EIGHT TO 14-DAY OUTLOOK SHOWS A CHANCE OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. LET'S LOOK AT THE SEVEN-DAY FORECAST. WE'LL START WITH INLAND PARTS OF THE BAY AREA WITH THE LOW TO MID-70s THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AND DROPS BACK CLOSER TO AVERAGE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. IT IS THE LAST DAY OF THE SEVEN-DAY FORECAST WE START TO BRING THE CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN SHOWERS. SIX MORE DAYS TO GO IN THIS DRY STRETCH OF WEATHER WHICH MEANS THE POLLEN COUNT WILL BE SKY HIGH AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WE'LL LOOK AT THAT CLOSER AT 5:30. JUST ENJOY A VERY PLEASANT ST. PATRICK'S DAY WEEKEND, A LITTLE COOLER ALONG THE COAST, BUT LOW TO MID-60s THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. ARE I DON'T
