A late-summer heat wave was bringing above-normal temperatures to the Bay Area and Northern California beginning Tuesday, prompting a heat advisory from the National Weather Service.
An area of high pressure is building a heat dome over the region which will last until Friday when a gradual cooling trend begins. On Tuesday, temperatures were expected to be generally be 5 to 15 degrees above normal along with widespread moderate heat risk away from the coast, the Weather Service said.KPIX First Alert Weather: Current conditions, alerts, maps for your areaThe heat advisory was to be in effect beginning 11 a.m. Wednesday morning through 11 p.m.
Inland locations will reach near-critical fire weather conditions Tuesday morning because of poor relative humidity recoveries and light northerly/offshore flow, the Weather Service said.On Wednesday and Thursday, areas away from the coast will see high temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above normal and the conditions could last into Friday, including the near-critical fire weather conditions, the Weather Service said.
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