Shady Fire Approaching Santa Rosa - LIVE BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE
The Shady Fire in California is approaching Santa Rosa in Sonoma County. Get the latest on the wildfire situation in and around Santa Rosa in our LIVE SHADY FIRE COVERAGE
High winds, triple-digit temperatures and an elevated fire risk will greet Bay Area residents by the end of the weekend and into the start of the week, with Monday expected to see the peak of a current heat wave before some modest relief arrives primarily to coastal areas, according to weather forecasters.
Correspondingly, air-quality officials have issued another Spare the Air alert for Sunday — saying the air is unsafe for people with respiratory sensitivities — and low humidity has prompted the National Weather Service to extend a red-flag wind warning for the region through Monday evening, past its previous Monday morning endpoint.
“We’re going to see fairly consistent offshore winds across the board, and strong winds in the upper altitudes,” NWS meteorologist Brayden Murdock said.
A heat advisory has also been issued for the entire Bay Area, with the weather service urging people to seek indoor and air-conditioning relief wherever possible and to avoid being outdoors in the midday. Bay Area municipalities are once again opening up cooling centers through at least Monday to offer relief to residents with limited access to air-conditioning or shelter from the outdoor heat.
That compounds an advisory PG&E issued for planned power shutoffs in 16 Northern California counties, though the Bay Area impact would be modest, with about 200 customers in Napa County and only two Sonoma County customers slated for potential outages starting 4 p.m. Sunday.
Most of the 89,000 affected customers will be east and north of the Sacramento area, led by about 35,000 customers in El Dorado County being put on notice for outages, also set to take effect Sunday afternoon.
The red-flag warnings are based on forecasted wind speeds approaching 50 mph in the North Bay mountains and East Bay hills, and adjacent areas like the Livermore Valley, Murdock said. Along the coast, that increases the threat of rip currents.
As far as temperatures go, San Francisco could flirt with 90 degrees Sunday, joined by cities that dot the interior shorelines on both sides of the bay. The areas that typically see the region’s hottest readings — Livermore, Gilroy, Santa Rosa, and parts of Marin County — are expected to break 100 degrees.
That is forecasted to continue into Monday, when San Francisco could see temperatures creeping into the upper 90s. San Jose is predicted to see a high of 96 degrees; 102 in Oakland; 103 in Walnut Creek; and 95 in Fremont, to round out a sampling.
All of the Monday temperatures are part of an expected warmup for this time of year, but the range and ceiling of the heat is “pretty well above average,” Murdock said.
As for relief? Some will see temperatures taper off Tuesday, but the coastal areas will notice that the most, with most other inland cities seeing a dropoff of just a few degrees.
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