Harsh winds, big surf to give way to calm and sunny Bay Area weather conditions

Winds were whipping through much of the Bay Area early Tuesday and dangerous surf continued to pound the beaches throughout the Northern California coast. But both of those weather conditions came with a finish line in sight, according to the National Weather Service, and a long stretch of calm, sunny weather waited on deck.

“Yes, it should be pretty pleasant,” NWS meteorologist Rick Canepa said. “We’ve got a system going through the western states, and there’s strong high pressure over the Great Basin...