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National Weather Service Issues Alert, Hot Weather Expected this Weekend

by ECT

After a week of mild temperatures in the 70’s and 80’s, the National Weather Service announced that temperatures will hit 100 degrees on Sunday.

You are encouraged to properly hydrate and take precautions. Temperatures should cool by Monday.

...HOT WEATHER THIS WEEKEND...

A WARMING TREND WILL START TODAY WITH SUNNY SKIES AND TEMPERATURES
WARMING INTO THE 70S AND 80S ACROSS MUCH OF THE BAY AREA. MORE
SIGNIFICANT WARMING WILL OCCUR OVER THE WEEKEND WITH SUNDAY
EXPECTED TO BE THE HOTTEST DAY.

ON SATURDAY SKIES WILL BE SUNNY WITH LIGHT OFFSHORE WINDS BRINGING
THE WARM WEATHER ALL THE WAY TO THE COAST. TEMPERATURES WILL
QUICKLY SOAR INTO THE 80S BEFORE LUNCHTIME ON SATURDAY WITH
AFTERNOON HIGHS WELL INTO THE 80S AND 90S ACROSS MUCH OF THE BAY
AREA.

THE HOT WEATHER WILL PEAK ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH WIDESPREAD
READINGS FROM THE MID AND UPPER 80S THROUGH THE 90S AND LOWER
100S. RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS GOING BACK TO 1919 AND 1939
MAY BE BROKEN OVER THE WEEKEND.

THOSE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD BE SURE TO PROPERLY HYDRATE. IN
ADDITION IT IS STILL PEAK WILDFIRE ACROSS THE BAY AREA SO FIRE
WEATHER CONCERNS WILL BE ELEVATED AS WELL.

SOME COOLING SHOULD DEVELOP BY MONDAY AS MOISTURE FROM SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA SHIFTS NORTHWARD IN THE FORM OF SOME MID AND HIGH LEVEL
CLOUDS.

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