If November was a month marked by rain, December has fast been defined by fog that’s accompanied bone-chilling temperatures.

This week, one of those elements is expected to undergo a change.

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“It’s gonna be high and dry,” National Weather Service meteorologist Matt Mehle said Monday morning. “We are going to have some warming up. Parts of our forecast area will be in the mid-70s by the middle of the week. It’s not a heat wave, but it’s going to be well above normal.”

Those warmer temperatures will develop thanks to a ridge of high barometric pressure that’s been building above the state. Mehle said that ridge is “gaining strength” and that it’s biggest Bay Area effect will be on the Central Coast and areas of the South Bay, including Morgan Hill and Gilroy.

That said,

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