The San Francisco Bay Area is baked under a warm dome of air on Thursday and heat is expected to strengthen on Friday, bringing the potential for poor air The National Weather Service reported that the quality and power outages.
Friday promises to be the hottest day of a week with the hinterland soared to the mid 90s and low 100s this afternoon. Places on on the coast and along the bay in from the mid 70’s to the mid 80’s.
Warm weather comes with high pressure building over California. “Whenever you have high blood pressure, it means air sinks to the ground, and at the same time heats up, ”said forecaster Brooke Bingaman. with in weather service said. “He creates this dome of hot air.”
weather service issued heat advisory for Friday in the interior of North Bay, East Bay, South Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains, and Inland Central Coast. excessive heat warning will be in effect for Solano County on Friday.
Bay Area Air Quality Management Area published spare air warning for Friday with air expected deterioration in quality. Agency asks public to avoid to go to help prevent the unhealthy accumulation of smog.
This was stated by the official representative of PG&E Tamar Sargsyan. public utility prepared for in heat with crews available to work around the clock if available heat related crashes occur. PG&E has no plans power trip like risk for forest fires are not expected with this is event.
Heat related shutdowns occur most often because of the transformer failure. transformers that help distribute power to homes and enterprises need periods of time to cool down and this usually happens at night when the temperature dropSargsyan explained. in email.
“When we have an unusual heat events with persistent high night temperatures, transformers cannot cool down down- she said. – It causes stress. on transformer components and they can get tired and can fail.”
The Bay Area will start to cool on Saturday.” The sea breeze is gathering pick up so it will help Cool us offBingman said. -Inland will still be 90s, won’t be so hot with until the mid 90s.
Sunday marks more significant decline in temperature as low pressure system moving into Northern California. The cabin will be 15-20 degrees cooler compared to peak heating. on Friday. There is small chance for very light rain in north bay on Sunday.
