Winds whipped 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.

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 Desert, which is causing the high pressure to build over us. So you’re going to see dry weather and lower humidity. It’s also going to reduce the chances of fog.”

Temperatures are expected to build into the low to mid-60s in areas of the region by the end of the work week, according to the weather service, and sunny weather also is forecast.

By then, the strong winds and surf are anticipated to be gone. On Tuesday, they were expected to carry on powerfully, with winds strong enough that they could drop trees and making driving dangerous, and the surf continuing with a powerful intensity it has shown since last week.

The weather service extended a wind advisory until 10 a.m. today and expanded the area under the advisory to include the North Bay interior valleys and coast, San Francisco, the San Francisco Bayshore, the the East Bay interior and valleys. Northeasterly winds blowing toward the ocean are expected to reach regular speeds of 20-30 mph and may have gusts of up to 40 mph in the valleys and 50 mph in the higher elevations, according to the weather service.

The winds will be even more dangerous in Southern California, where weather forecasters said they will “be about as bad as it gets in terms of fire weather.” The weather service in Los Angeles said the windstorm will be “life-threatening” and a fire sprang up by midday Tuesday that quickly forced evacuations in the Pacific Palisades area.

Winds in Los Angeles and Ventura counties were expected to blow between 50 and 80 mph, while gusts in the upper elevations could reach 100 mph, according to the weather service.

Cal Fire’s San Mateo-Santa Cruz unit sent three fire engines and a battalion chief to Southern California, while its Santa Clara unit sent two engines and a strike team.

Danger also will loom at the Northern California beaches, where waves could reach as high as 20 feet and sneaker waves and rip currents will be in abundance, according to the weather service. A beach hazards statement was extended through Tuesday night.

After that, Canepa said the long-term forecast shows only dry weather and that no system with rain is on the near horizon. The waves along the coast are expected to return to normal.

“It will take a while for this to play out,” Canepa said. “California will be under a high-pressure bubble for the time being.”