The Heat is ON! Finally.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 331 AM PDT TUE AUG 24 2010
Expiration: 330 PM PDT TUE AUG 24 2010
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SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY-
BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE-
WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-
WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
330 AM PDT TUE AUG 24 2010
…HOT WEATHER FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS…
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INLAND WILL BRING HOT WEATHER TO THE INTERIOR OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TODAY MAY SEE SOME OF THE HOTTEST WEATHER OF THIS RELATIVELY COOL SUMMER IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY WITH HIGHS IN THE VALLEY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 105 TO 110. DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO HAS ONLY REACHED 103 SO FAR THIS YEAR AND REDDING 107…AND THE FORECAST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR THESE AREAS TODAY ARE 105 AND 108 RESPECTIVELY. ALTHOUGH HOT… THESE FORECAST TEMPERATURES ARE SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW THE RECORDS OF 108 FOR DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO AND 112 FOR REDDING. HOWEVER…SOME
RECORDS SUCH AS THE 101 AT SACRAMENTO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT AND STOCKTON AIRPORTS ARE LIKELY TO BE BROKEN TODAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY ARE FORECAST TO BE ABOUT THE SAME OR A DEGREE OR TWO BELOW TODAY’S AND MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL RECORD HIGHS BEING SET. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE INTERIOR VALLEY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE NIGHTS WILL BE MILD WITH MAINLY 60S AND 70S. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE 80S AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS TO AROUND 105 IN THE HOTTEST SPOTS. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S AND 50S ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO LOWER 80S IN PORTIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS. THE HOT WEATHER WILL BE SHORT-LIVED HOWEVER AS A COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES BY SUNDAY COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR LATE AUGUST WITH 70S FOR HIGHS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND 50S TO 60S IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. THERE MAY ALSO BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS SUNDAY.
